How scholarship is being transformed (Create Change)

Digital Scholarship

How scholarship is being transformed

For most scholars, the ways research is conducted, conveyed, and shared are far different today than just a few years ago. Yet these changes only hint at the technology-driven transformation of scholarship that is on the horizon.

An information-rich environment
Many of yesterday’s limitations on research and learning are being swept away by the Internet. It presents an opportunity for unlimited dissemination of information at virtually no cost beyond that of providing it to the first reader.

New tools for collaboration
By seamlessly linking data, knowledge, and scholars, the emerging research environment promises to stimulate and accelerate discovery — and ultimately to fuel advances beyond the realm of scholarship.

Funders support sharing
Not surprisingly, governments and funding agencies around the world are recognizing that dissemination of research results is part of the research process itself. Many are implementing or exploring policies to facilitate the sharing of information and realize the benefits of digital scholarship.

Embracing digital scholarship
The opportunities and competitive demands of scholarship in this new environment are here to stay. Practices that made sense in the print environment must now be reconsidered and adapted to the possibilities of digital scholarship.

Distress signals

As an academic researcher, you’ve probably had reactions like these to the barriers — large and small — that impede your work. To fully benefit from digital scholarship, it is important that these kinds of distractions be reduced or eliminated.

Availability

"When I search the web for my own works, only a portion of them come up. How can I make sure that the Internet presents a full picture of my contributions?"

More distress signals

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Shouldn't the way we share research be as advanced as the Internet?

Digital Scholarship