Presentation by Project Director Joan Fragaszy Troyano at the Western Humanities Alliance Annual Meeting, November 1, 2013, University of California San Diego.
Panel: New Publishing Tools, Aggregators and Presses
2. PressForward
Improving the Scholarly Communication Ecosystem
Gray Literature
conference papers
“blessays”
pre-prints
reports
lectures
data sets
Open Web
repositories
web publications
individuals
communities
discuss
highlight
share
evaluate
disseminate
accelerate
Goals
http://pressforward.org/discovering-scholarship
3. PressForward
Helping make gray literature be findable and usable
Surfacing from open web sources
Sharing curatorial efforts with others
Facilitating selection and publication process
Recognition of Opportunity and Value
5. PressForward Methodology
Case Study: Digital Humanities Now
* Graphic by Spencer Roberts *
Instructions and Criteria:
http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/editors-corner/
6. PressForward Methodology
Case Study: Digital Humanities Now
Aggregating from multiple sources
Nominating & selecting content based on value:
item you would forward?
item you would discuss?
Disseminating for broader reach
Sources, Instructions, and Criteria:
http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/editors-corner/
8. PressForward Methodology
Case Study: Journal of Digital Humanities
Post-publication sourcing for non-traditional works of lasting value
journalofdigitalhumanities.org
9. PressForward Technology
Plugin to Aggregate, Review, Discuss, and Publish Content
Aggregated Content
https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward
10. PressForward Technology
Plugin to Aggregate, Review, Discuss, and Publish Content
Reading View
https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward
11. PressForward Technology
Plugin to Aggregate, Review, Discuss, and Publish Content
Review and Discussion
https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward
12. PressForward Technology
Automated Surfacing of Potential Content
Active learning
Support Vector
Machine (SVM)
When used? Label data is expensive or time consuming.
Why used good results for smallamounts of labeled data in
imbalanced set;
slide and research by Xin Guan, George Mason University
http://pressforward.org/classifier-research
13. PressForward
Next Steps
documenting and sharing methods
enhancing plugin
sourcing from repositories
improving machine filtering
sustainability of publications
crediting of gray literature
http://pressforward.org
14. PressForward
Opportunities for Methodology and Technology
existing scholarly communities
emerging interdisciplinary groups
collaborations with librarians
collaborations with information scientists
tracking research impact and altmetrics
http://pressforward.org/research-and-reports/