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Brian Kelly gave a 25 minute talk on The Role of the Social Web in Scholarly Communication at the ALPSP 2009 International Conference. The talk was given in the "The Transformation of Scholarly Practice" session held from 11.00-12.30 on 11^th September 2009. The conference was held on 9-11^th September 2009 at The Oxford Belfry just outside Oxford.

Abstract

We are seeing a growth in the use of social networking services within certain sectors of the research community. Although this may be surprising to some, who may regard social networking services as being relevant only to social, as opposed to professional, activities. But such services can also support the collaborative aspects of research activities including rapid exchange of ideas, critiquing ideas, promoting ideas, making new contacts, etc. And such services can also be used in an open and transparent way.

This talk will review ways in which the Social Web is being used to support and enhance scholarly communication and to summarise the challenges to be faced.

Biographical Details

Brian Kelly is a national Web adviser based at UKOLN, a national centre of expertise in digital information management, where he advises the UK's higher and further community on ways of maximising the potential of the Web.

Brian is a user of many Web 2.0 tools such as blogs and Twitter. The UK Web Focus blog provides his main dissemination and user engagement channel.

As well as being a prolific speaker Brian has also published peer-reviewed papers on topics including Web 2.0, Web accessibility and standards.

Slides

The Use of Blogs and Wikis in Scholarly Communication

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Accompanying Resources

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