On Weeks 3 and 4; Easter Break; The Future*

~ Ernesto Priego

A quick post at the Digital Cultures blog on Weeks 3 and 4, with some photos of our superstar guest lecturers.

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It’s been quite a journey: it makes sense that given that we have been discussing the implications of using digital media everything has passed so fast and at the same time it’s been quite labour-intensive.

The materials we have collected on Moodle are a good indicator of the intensity and complexity of the questions we have been working on, and a quick look at the links we have collected under the #CityDigiCult hashtag on Twitter gives us back a plethora of work to consider.

On Week 3 I really enjoyed how we went from Sabrina Francis’ presentation on social media strategy at City University London to historical and theoretical questions of collaboration and authorship in art in Blaise Cronin’s guest lecture.

In Spyridon Georgadis’ talk we also had the opportunity to find out how the British Council  engages with its audience via social media, how to deal with some of…

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At the British Library: Open Access Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference

~ Ernesto Priego

I am honoured to have been included in the programme for the Open Access Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences conference which will take place the 1st and 2nd of July 2013 at the British Library.

Open Access: Getting Things Right

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Cameron Neylon published a very interesting and timely opinion piece on the Times Higher Education titled "Let's get this right" (28 March 2013). Here a personal response.

At the University of Nottingham: Beyond the Book? Open Access Discussion

~ Ernesto Priego

On Monday 25th March I will participate in a panel discussion on Open Access at the Beyond the Book? The future of academic publishing conference at the University of Nottingham.

~ Ernesto Priego

Week 4: Networks and Participatory Culture. Digital Cultures is running at full steam now. Guests: Tim Causer, Eliza Anyangwe, Martin Eve and Nora McGregor.

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The UK might be bracing itself for Arctic conditions and floods but Digital Cultures is running at full steam now. Today Friday 22th March 2013 we’ll have a very exciting set of sessions.

The timetable for today is

10:30-12:50

  • Crowdsourcing: Engagement, Participation- Tim Causer, Transcribe Bentham, UCL
  • Professional Networks: Community Management, Digital Engagement and Participation – Eliza Anyangwe, Guardian Professional Networks

14.00-16:30

  • Bridging Media: Grassroots Campaigns, Activist Projects and the Open Library of Humanities -Martin Eve, Lincoln University
  • Digital Scholarship Strategy at the Britsh Library:  Nora McGregor, Librarian/Digital Curator – British Library – Digital Curator at the British Library

As usual any tweets about these sessions please use the hashtag #CityDigiCult.

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¿Cómo se llama esta fruta? Homofonía y homografía lúdica en el falso cognado Lemon/limón. Un estudio en web*

~ Ernesto Priego

El estudio refleja que 53% de los hablantes encuestados dijeron que lo que en México se llama comúnmente "limón" es un "lemon, obviamente!", mientras que el 47% restante consideró que se trataba de "lime, obviamente!".

At the British Library: Digital Scholarship, Resources And Research Workshop

~ Ernesto Priego

Tomorrow I will participate at the 'Digital Scholarship, Resources And Research Workshop organised by the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries (cpd25) at the British Library, London.

Open Access Now! (Notes for a presentation at Central Saint Martins)

~ Ernesto Priego

I have shared a deck of slides on Slideshare that contains the notes I prepared for a debate about Open Access publishing organised by Roger Sabin at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London.

Tomorrow: Social and Collaborative Practices, Authorship and Engagement Strategies

~ Ernesto Priego

We go into week 3 of our Digital Cultures module at City University London…

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For Week 3 of our Digital Cultures Module we’ll have an exciting day covering different aspects of digital strategies, including social media engagement and collaborative practices.

To start the day Sabrina Francis, social media officer at City University, will talk with us about her role and the social media strategy at City.

From 11:30am we will have a guest lecture by Professor Blaise Cronin (Indiana University) titled “How Collaborative Practices are Changing our Conception of Authorship”. Check Moodle for room information and the abstract for this lecture.

In the afternoon session Spyridon Georgiadis from the British Council will talk about the social media strategy at the British Council, and we will then round up with an exploration of how blogging and different platforms can be integrated in digital marketing strategies for wider public impact.

Please check our Moodle for all the relevant links. Also don’t forget to check our #CityDigiCult

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