The evolution of employee
categories: academic library
Archive of ‘academic library’ category
publish or perish
Hundreds of gibberish papers still lurk in the scientific literature
The issue began in 2005, when three PhD students created paper-generating software called SCIgen for “maximum amusement”, and to show that some conferences would accept meaningless papers.
Springer also sponsored a PhD project to help spot SCIgen papers, which resulted in free software called SciDetect.
The publishers who posted the most SCIgen content were Trans Tech Publications, a Swiss publisher, which published 57 SCIgen papers, Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication (BEIESP), based in India, which had 54; and Atlantis Press, a French publisher that was acquired by Springer Nature this March, with 39.
SCIgen papers are extremely rare: Labbé and Cabanac estimate from their screen that they make up a mere 75 papers per million in the computer-science literature. They are a far smaller problem than are, for instance, suspected paper mills.
the existence of these papers is an indication of the harmful effects of a ‘publish or perish’ culture, and an example of how nonsensical work can still make it into conference proceedings or journals.
Positive deviants
categories: academic library, educational technology
‘Positive deviants’: Why rebellious workers spark great ideas
Organisations tend to see rebels as troublemakers – but suppressing these individuals and their ideas could backfire.
There is psychological evidence that rebelliousness is essential for creativity. Harvard psychiatrist Albert Rothenberg spent more than five decades researching individuals who had made ground-breaking contributions to science, literature and the arts, seeking to understand what drove their creativity.
To investigate the benefits of rebelliousness further, a team led by Paraskevas Petrou at the Erasmus University Rotterdam recently surveyed 156 employees from various industries in the Netherlands. They measured rebelliousness via a questionnaire that asked participants to rate their agreement with statements such as:
- I break rules
- I know how to get around the rules
- I use swear words
- I resist authority
If they are committed to creativity, leaders should take practical steps to ensure that progress is achievable, ensuring that the “rebels” have the available space, funding and time to pursue innovative ideas that may appear crazy, unwarranted or out of place at the time, but that could subsequently save the organisation.
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more on disrupt in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=disrupt
academic bully
categories: academic library
How to blow the whistle on an academic bully
Standing up to a persecutor is tough, particularly if they are your supervisor. But you can take steps to report abuse and protect yourself.
Writing Plainly
categories: academic library
The Case for Writing Plainly
New study says scholarly articles that are hard to read don’t actually make the author sound smarter, and they get cited less. Authors hope their findings will encourage graduate programs to teach students how to write clearly.
The study also offers academics a tutorial and a new bot-driven Clarity Calculator to help improve one’s writing.
“I believe that in public universities, which are funded with taxpayer dollars, the public should be informed in lay language about research and results that are relevant to the public.”
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more on academic writing in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=academic+writing
training vs education
categories: academic library, learning
APA 7 fun
categories: academic library, information literacy
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more on APA 7 in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=apa+7
Digital Humanities for Librarians
Digital Humanities for Librarians
By: Emma Annette Wilson
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Print ISBN: 9781538116449, 1538116448
Print ISBN: 9781538116449, 1538116448
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eText ISBN: 9781538116463, 1538116464
Digital Humanities For Librarians. Some librarians are born to digital humanities; some aspire to digital humanities; and some have digital humanities thrust upon them. Digital Humanities For Librarians is a one-stop resource for librarians and LIS students working in this growing new area of academic librarianship. The book begins by introducing digital humanities, addressing key questions such as, “What is it?”, “Who does it?”, “How do they do it?”, “Why do they do it?”, and “How can I do it?”. This broad overview is followed by a series of practical chapters answering those questions with step-by-step approaches to both the digital and the human elements of digital humanities librarianship. Digital Humanities For Librarians covers a wide range of technologies currently used in the field, from creating digital exhibits, archives, and databases, to digital mapping, text encoding, and computational text analysis (big data for the humanities). However, the book never loses sight of the all-important human component to digital humanities work, and culminates in a series of chapters on management and personnel strategies in this area. These chapters walk readers through approaches to project management, effective collaboration, outreach, the reference interview for digital humanities, sustainability, and data management, making this a valuable resource for administrators as well as librarians directly involved in digital humanities work. There is also a consideration of budgeting questions, including strategies for supporting digital humanities work on a shoestring. Special features include: Case studies of a wide range of projects and management issues Digital instructional documents guiding readers through specific digital technologies and techniques An accompanying website featuring digital humanities tools and resources and digital interviews with librarians and scholars leading the way in digital humanities work across North America, from a range of larger and smaller institutionsWhether you are a librarian primarily working in digital humanities for the first time, a student hoping to do so, or a librarian in a cognate area newly-charged with these responsibilities, Digital Humanities For Librarians will be with you every step of the way, drawing on the author’s experiences and those of a network of librarians and scholars to give you the practical support and guidance needed to bring your digital humanities initiatives to life.
What is leadership, and who is a leader
categories: academic library
With so many definitions of leadership, each organization needs to have a clear definition of what leadership is and what it means to be a leader within their company. The definition can evolve over time, but having even a basic, agile definition is better than no definition at all.
Leadership filters ensure the company has a consistent definition of leadership and that the people who best represent the culture and values are promoted to leadership positions. A leader focused solely on raising profits and earning more money wouldn’t fare well in a company focused on developing empathetic leaders. Leadership filters help promote the right people and maintain a cohesive work environment.
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more about leadership in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=leadership
digitized court cases
Thousands of 16th, 17th and 18th century court cases – including witchcraft, missing children and swan thefts – are coming to light for the first time thanks to a Cambridge University Library archives project from r/books
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/Ely_Assizes2
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more on history in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=history