Presentation at TIFR: 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons'
Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, Scholarly communication in the age of the commons, 24/07/09, 1600Hrs, AG-66
Abstract
Scholarly communication plays a central role in the creation and assimilation of new knowledge, especially in the sciences. In its turn scholarly communication depends on developments in technology. Unfortunately, scientists who do cutting edge science often follow communication practices of a bygone era and are therefore holding back the development of knowledge. In this talk we will look at state-of-the-art developments in scholarly communication and literature-based evaluation of science and see how we in India can benefit by adopting them.
About Dr.Subbiah Arunachalam
Subbiah Arunachalam is an information scientist. He has been an editor of
scientific journals, teacher of information science, librarian, and a
science writer. As Secretary and Editor of publications of the Indian
Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, during 1973-75, he reorganised the
publications of the Academy and helped enlarge its Fellowship. Currently he
is actively promoting open access to science and scholarship. His interests
include scientometrics, science journalism and ICT-enabled rural
development.
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