International Scholarly Communication Initiative | Events | 2015 | The 3rd SPARC Japan Seminar 2015"Challenges and Possibilities of Emerging Research Information Platforms"

"The 3rd SPARC Japan Seminar 2015 "Challenges and Possibilities of Emerging Research Information Platforms"

Date&Time January 19, 2015 / 13:00－17:00

Place National Institute of Informatics, 12F 1208 & 1210 Meeting room Outline

Peer-reviewed scholarly journals and publishers’ platforms have been and will be a king and a kingmaker in the dissemination of research and scholarship. In recent years, new emerging research information platform, such as academic social networking services, research blogs and Twitter, have been used to disseminate and find research works and some services are gaining momentum. However, some studies showed negative stance on these new platforms among research community. Scholars concern with the relationship between new platforms and research achievement and still regard reliability of scholarly information as important. We can see reliance and avoidance for these platforms and it is still an open question how we can evaluate these new platforms. In this seminar, we’d like to share and discuss overviews, current status and possibilities of new emerging research information platforms. From researchers’ perspectives, two case studies ResearchGate and Polymath Project will also be provided. In a panel session, we’d like to discuss the challenges and possibilities of these platforms and how academic libraries can cope with them.

Program Moderator:Keiko Yokoi (University Library, The University of Tokyo)"