Digital preservation for scholarly communications by Jefferies, N

“…This session will give a brief introduction to the topic of digital preservation, covering the risks to digital materials, how they can be addressed, and the relevance to scholarly communications.…”

Chinese coins from the scholar's study by Jankowski, L

“…This passion originated in the imperial court's enthusiasm for the past and antiquities. Coins are scholarly antiques par excellence: their appreciation requires a certain cultural background, because they are above all historical objects. …”

Worksets expand the scholarly utility of digital libraries by Page, K, Jett, J, Cole, T, Kudeki, D, Bainbridge, D, Organisciak, P, Stephen Downie, J

“…Scholars using digital libraries and archives routinely create worksets—aggregations of digital objects—as a way to segregate resources of interest for in-depth scrutiny. …”

The research divide: Internet commons, scholarly participation and pre-print servers by Meyer, E, Kling, R

Scholarly networks in the British Empire: transnational and imperial connections after 1850

“…This two-day conference will consider the nature and extent of scholarly networks connecting academics and universities in the British Empire after 1850. …”

Scholarly social machines: a web science perspective on our knowledge infrastructure by De Roure, D, Willcox, P

“…We illustrate these Scholarly Social Machines with a series of descriptive examples, and reflect on these to propose Scholarly Primitives associated with Scholarly Social Machines. …”

Information-seeking in large-scale digital libraries: Strategies for scholarly workset creation by Weigl, D, Page, K, Organisciak, P, Downie, J

“…</p> <br/> <p>We examine whether these information-seeking models can sufficiently articulate the emergent user activities of scholarly investigation as perceived during the creation of worksets. …”

Publishing with Open Research Europe: using open science principles for scholarly communication, collaboration and dissemination by Fisher, R, Doffegnies, A

“…<br><br> This seminar will explore: <br> <ul><li>The benefits of publishing using ORE’s innovative and transparent model of open, post-publication peer review</li> <li>A comparison between ORE and traditional publishing methods</li> <li>How Open Research Europe aligns with ongoing discussions around the reform of research assessment</li> <li>Trends in open access publishing and the future</li></ul> <br><br> This presentation is especially relevant for researchers who are recipients of Horizon funding (including those whose grants have now finished as they are still eligible to publish on ORE), as well as those interested in the European Commission’s open access initiatives and the future of scholarly publishing.…”

"Christ has subjected us to the harsh yoke of the Arabs": the Syriac exegesis of Jacob of Edessa in the new world order by Salvesen, A

“…Thismakesit difficult for the modern scholar to isolate any particular aspect of his oeuvre.…”

"A hundred visions and revisions": Malone's annotations to Johnson's Dictionary by Iamartino, G

“…</p><p>Following my previous research on Samuel Dyer's annotated copy of the <em>Dictionary</em> (which, when the scholar died in 1772, passed to Edmund Burke, who added his own notes), it is the purpose of my paper to present the work of another annotator of the <em>Dictionary</em>, i.e., Edmond Malone, the renowned Shakespearian scholar and member of Johnson's circle; beginning in November 1808, Malone added some 3000 notes in his copy of the <em>Dictionary</em>, and made lists of 'Modern Quoted' and 'English Idioms'.…”

A virtual research environment for the study of documents and manuscripts by Bowman, A, Crowther, C, Kirkham, R, Pybus, J

“…The scholar interpreting a degraded documentary text has a broad range of relevant electronic tools available; but the interaction is largely in one direction and the experience is fragmented by the dispersal of both the original documents and the electronic resources. …”

Analysis of co-authorship ego networks by Arnaboldi, V, Dunbar, R, Passarella, A, Conti, M

“…In this paper, we analyse a large sample of data regarding scientific publications from Google Scholar. The aim of our analysis is to study a fundamental aspect of co-authorship networks, i.e. the structure of authors’ ego networks. …”

The bibliophile and the Bodleian: Solomon Caesar Malan and his oriental library by Evison, G

“…Solomon Caesar Malan, Vicar of Broadwindsor, a scholar of wide knowledge who had travelled extensively in Europe, Asia and Africa. …”

Alexandria in the 'Corpus of Ptolemaic inscriptions' by Savvopoulos, K

“…The CPI project aims not only to bring to completion the work of a great scholar but also to offer a deeper understanding of the history, culture and society of Ptolemaic Egypt. …”

Dr. J. Jakobsen's Etymological Dictionary of Shetland Norn Revisited (Some observations on the macro- and microstructure of the lexicographical masterpiece) by Pavlenko, A, Pavlenko, G

“…This kind of material presupposed multiple interpretations as most original Scandinavian forms had undergone considerable morphological levelling and the scholar had to deal with numerous ambiguous roots.…”

Watch out, it's behind you: publishers' tactics and the challenge they pose for librarians by Rumsey, S, Kingsley, D

“…This joint talk between Danny Kingsley, Head of Scholarly Communication at Cambridge University and Sally Rumsey, Head of Scholarly Communciations and RDM for Bodleian Libraries at Oxford University will discuss some of the recent scholarly communication initiatives that publishers have been experimenting with over the past year or so. …”

Accessing medieval music: from material codex to digital specimen by de la Flor, G, Jirotka, M, Meyer, E

“…The scholarly study of medieval music manuscripts has traditionally required that musicologists travel to libraries and museums where the artefacts of interest, the complete manuscript or fragments of manuscripts, are physically held. …”

Chapter 4: The Rule of Faith and Irenaeus's Demonstration of the order and connection of the scriptures by Presley, S

“…Despite a recent resurgence of scholarly discussions, the rule of faith in Irenaeus's theology and exegesis remains a highly debated concept. …”

Open scholarship infrastructures and sustainability by Jefferies, N, Freeman, A, Notay, B, Knoth, P, Pentz, E, Buys, M, Stewart, S

“…Open Scholarship, and indeed modern scholarship in general, rely on an increasing number of digital infrastructures to operate, with the expectation is that they will persist as the basis for scholarly practice in the longer term. This session will introduce some different scholarly infrastructures and then discuss how they address sustainability issues. …”

The conservation of the Selden Map and its display at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum by Minte, R, Stiglitz, M

“…A number of published articles and books devoted to the Selden Map, along with its display in Oxford and Hong Kong, have offered scholars and the public an opportunity to view the map in detail. …”