Presentation by Project Director Joan Fragaszy Troyano at Purdue University Library, April 15, 2013.

1. PRESSFORWARD
Scholarship and Publication, the Web Way
Discovering Scholarship on the Open Web
Communities and Methods
Joan Fragaszy Troyano, Project Director
Purdue University Library
April 15, 2013
http://pressforward.org
@pressfwd
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2. Discovering Scholarship on the Open Web
Communities and Methods
Aggregating from multiple sources
Curating based on value
Disseminating for broader reach
http://pressforward.org/discovering-scholarship
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3. Scholarly Communication Online
conference papers
“blessays”
pre-prints
reports
comments
data sets
Sources
journals
web publications
repositories
communities
Purpose
discuss
highlight
evaluate
disseminate
Gray Literature
http://pressforward.org/discovering-scholarship
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4. Algorithms and Editors
http://pressforward.org/discovering-scholarship
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5. Active Editors
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6. Academic Versions?
Things We Have
Content
Evaluation Skills
Desire
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Things We Need
Effort
Methods
Recognition

7. So What are Scholars Doing?
✓ Using Repositories
✕ Aggregating Content
✕ Curating Content
✓ Post-Publication Review and Discussion
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8. Repositories
examples: arXiv.org; SSRN.com; PLoSOne.org
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9. Aggregation Sites
example: scienceseeker.org
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10. Curating
examples: hubs.plos.org; pressthink.org
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11. Post-Publication
Review and Discussion
econjournalwatch.org; f1000.com
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12. Rubric for Scholarly Communication Outlets
1. Function of Site
2. Type of Content
3. How Content Submitted
4. Editorial Control
5. Selection Method
6. Review Method
7. Distribution Method
8. Sustainability Model
pressforward.org/discovering-scholarship/
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13. Our Experiment
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digitalhumanitiesnow.org

14. Digital Humanities Now
3 Editors in Chief
120 Editors at large
600 sources
1,000 pieces a week
2 hours/week to review
2 hours/week to publish
2 hours/week to maintain
8,000 Twitter followers
*Current as of April 2013*
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15. * Graphic by Spencer Roberts *
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16. Model for a
The
Community-Sourced Journal
(the best of
Journal
quarterly
Editors’ Choices)
“Now”
Editors’ Choices
(the best relevant content)
Relevant Content to a Field
Compendium + Radar Finds
The Open Web
including all genres of scholarly production
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weekly
daily

17. What We Need (Short Term)
Place to review RSS that we control
Easier nomination to publication process
Help identifying good content
PressForward Plugin and Classifier Program
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18. PressForward Plugin
Survey RSS Feeds
https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward
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19. PressForward Plugin
Review and Discuss Content
review/comment
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20. PressForward Plugin
From Nomination to Publication
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21. PressForward Plugin
Distribution and Dissemination
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22. Automated Surfacing of Quality 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 by Xin Guan, George Mason University
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pressforward.org/classifier-research

23. Model for a
The
Community-Sourced Journal
(the best of
Journal
quarterly
Editors’ Choices)
“Now”
Editors’ Choices
(the best relevant content)
Relevant Content to a Field
Compendium + Radar Finds
The Open Web
including all genres of scholarly production
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weekly
daily

24. How Do We Identify Content of Lasting Value?
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25. journalofdigitalhumanities.org
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26. What We Need (Long Term)
Work Shared on Open Web
Sharing of Curation Efforts with Others
Easier Publication Methods for Open Web
Recognition of Opportunity and Value
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27. PRESSFORWARD
Scholarship and Publication, the Web Way
Questions?
pressforward.org
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