#LibPub Session 8: Developing Digitally: Researchers, Social Media & Libraries as Publishers

28/03/201404/04/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

Today at my City University London #citylis module we will again offer two professional points of view on the relationships between libraries and publishers. Guest talks from Diane Bell (City Library) and Nick Canty (UCL).

Today: #LibPub Session 7: Learned Societies and Libraries as Publishers

21/03/201428/03/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

Today in our #LibPub module at City University London we'll have the opportunity to zoom in at two key issues in contemporary scholarly publishing. Guest talks by Suzanne Kavanagh and Neil Stewart.

Wellcome Trust APCs: Towards a New [Open Access] Serials Crisis?

20/03/201420/03/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

With the APC rates charged by major publishers, who is being excluded from Open Access publishing as currently implemented by the major publishers in scientific/academic publishing?

Quick Insights from the Wellcome Trust Paid APCs 2012/13 Dataset

19/03/201419/03/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

I share some auick insights from the Wellcome Trust Paid APCs 2012/13 Dataset, as well as my refined dataset which I uploaded to figshare.

#LibPub Session 6: Libraries and Archives Disrupting Publishing?

14/03/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

On our Libraries and Publishing (#LibPub) course at City University London, guest talks by James Baker and Geoff Browell.

#scholarAfrica Workshop: How to Catch Up

13/03/201413/03/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

I offer some links to resources to catch up with what happened in the Discoverability of African Scholarship Online workshop that took place 10-11 March 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya, and was organised by the OpenUCT Initiative and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

#scholarAfrica Day 1

11/03/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

Yesterday we had the first day of the Promoting Discoverability of African Scholarship workshop in Nariboi, Keyna. The #scholarAfrica hashtag went "boom!"

#scholarAfrica: Hello, Nairobi

10/03/201411/03/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

I am in Nairobi for the Promoting Discoverability of African Scholarship workshop organised by the OpenUCT Initiative in collaboration with the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Featured at City University London News: Taking Comics Seriously

07/03/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

I was featured today in the news section of City University London’s web site. The piece is titled “Taking Comics Seriously”.

Sharing Research: My Latest Uploads to Figshare

01/03/201401/03/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

Figshare is a repository where users can make all of their research outputs available in a citable, shareable and discoverable manner. In this post I list my most recent uploads.

New Article: Opening Teaching Landscapes

01/03/201401/03/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

I collaborated with Javiera Atenas (UCL) and Leo Havemann (Birkbeck) in an article now out on Open Praxis. I share citation, abstract, links, and info on how to find it.

#LibPub Sessions 4 & 5: Scholarly Publishing and Reference Books -and comics!

28/02/201428/02/2014 ~ Ernesto Priego

Where I catch up on #LibPub session 4, write about our research trip to comics shops and advertise session 5 on reference books, with guest lecture by Dr Katharine Schopflin.