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Gibney, Michele
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Disruptive but not disreputable : Discussing open access
2019
Other publication (pop. science, debate, etc.) abstract
The open access landscape is highly disruptive to established publishing practices and large changes are taking place globally in this arena. Some dismiss and resist the evolution of open access publishing practices as disreputable progress and wish to turn back the clock while others laud it as the future rise of scholarship.This presentation will provide a broad overview of the open access discussion and focus on several research projects currently underway to ascertain faculty, student, and alumni reactions to their own open access author- and reader-ship from both developed and transition countries.
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Gender Dynamics in Public Diplomacy and Nation Branding
2022
In: Place Branding and Public Diplomacy. - 1751-8040. ; 18:4
Other publication (peer-reviewed) abstract
Inspired by feminist thought, this special issue aims to disturb conventional ways of thinking about public diplomacy and nation branding as “soft power” tools of the state. A feminist rethinking of the soft/hard power metaphor reveals its implicit masculinist logic and invites a critical exploration of the gendering of geopolitical contestations. This issue takes one step in addressing this gap and aims to inspire further inquiry into the gender dynamics of geopolitical influence.
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Johansson, Christina, 1965, et al.
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Information Needs, Information behaviour, and Scholarly Information Literacy amongst PhD Students: An Interview-Based Study
2017
Other publication (other academic/artistic) abstract
This Pecha Kucha presents the results of the second part of a research project mapping PhD students’ information needs and behaviour at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. The study also covers the topic of scholarly information literacy defined as the information-related skills, abilities and competences needed to achieve the PhD degree and develop as a researcher (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016). The findings from the first part of this project were presented at ECIL 2016 (Johansson & Schirone, 2016). The basis for this presentation is one pilot and nine semi-structured interviews.The interviews were conducted with doctoral students from the departments of Computer Science, Chemistry, Technology Management, Architecture, Applied Physics and Applied Mechanics and were 45 minutes long. Amongst the respondents was also an industrial PhD student (i.e., employed at a private company) who provided useful insights on the subject of information literacy in the workplace. The questions in the interview guide were semi-structured and mirrored the online survey conducted for part one of this project. The different sections in the interview covered topics such as demographics, library use, how to review the literature, publishing, Open Science, how to stay up-to-date and patents as an information source. The interviews were fully transcribed using speech-to-text converter software and imported in the qualitative analysis software NVivo for coding. We clustered the most recurring codes into main themes for the subsequent text analysis (Sundin, 2008; Pilerot, 2015; Pilerot and Limberg 2011).Our presentation will be a visual interpretation of the central themes which emerged from the data analysis. Dominant findings from the interviews include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) PhD students regard personal contacts with peer researchers and supervisors as highly important; (b) conferences are valuable information-sharing venues; (c) young researchers are affected by information overload which results in current awareness tools and services being unsubscribed; and (d) PhD students would benefit from additional research data literacy instructions.ReferencesAssociation of College and Research Libraries. (2016). Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframeworkJohansson, C., & Schirone, M. (2016). Information Needs and Behaviour of PhD students at Chalmers University of Technology: A Survey. Pecha-Kucha presented at the The European Conference on Information Literacy 2016, October 10-13, Prague.Pilerot, O. (2015). Information sharing in the field of design research. In Proceedings of ISIC, the Information Behaviour Conference, Leeds, 2-5 September, 2014: Part 2, (paper isic26). Retrieved from http://InformationR.net/ir/20-1/isic2/isic26.html Pilerot, O., & Limberg, L. (2011). Information sharing as a means to reach collective understanding A study of design scholars' information practices. Journal of Documentation, 67(2), 312-333. doi:10.1108/00220411111109494Sundin, O. (2008). Negotiations on information-seeking expertise - A study of web-based tutorials for information literacy. Journal of Documentation, 64(1), 24-44. doi:10.1108/00220410810844141
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Ulfsparre, Sanna Isabel, 1982-
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Mot ett nytt meriteringssystem för öppen vetenskap
2022
Other publication (pop. science, debate, etc.) abstract
Övergången till ett öppet system för vetenskap och vetenskaplig kommunikation påverkar hela forskningsprocessen. Meriteringssystemen behöver anpassas för att stödja och spegla det öppna forskningslandskapet, men hur kommer arbetet att se ut och vad kommer att förändras? Vi har träffat Gustav Nilsonne, ordförande för den europeiska arbetsgruppen som hanterar frågan och deltagare i SUHF:s arbetsgrupp för meritbedömningar.
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Ulfsparre, Sanna Isabel, 1982-
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Towards a new reward system for open science
2022
Other publication (pop. science, debate, etc.) abstract
The transition to an open science system affects the entire research process. The reward systems also need to be adjusted in order to support and mirror the open research landscape, but what will this work look like, and what will change? We met Gustav Nilsonne, chair of the European working group dealing with the issue and a participant in the SUHF working group on merit reviews.
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Ahlryd, Sara, et al.
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Stärkta skolbibliotek kräver stora satsningar på att utbilda bibliotekarier
2024
Other publication (pop. science, debate, etc.) abstract
Debatt: Äntligen kom den: regeringens lagrådsremiss som ska stärka elevers rätt till skolbibliotek. Vi som utbildar blivande bibliotekarier gläds över remissen som i linje med forskning visar skolbibliotekets och skolbibliotekariers betydelse för elevers lärande. Samtidigt konstaterar vi att en lagändring också måste följas av riktade satsningar på landets bibliotekarieutbildningar för att förverkligas, skriver 16 biblioteksforskare.
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