[Irtalk] A better term for "scholarly communication"?

[Hilton Gibson]

Hi Alison,

Good point. However in the context if an academic library would it nit be
more correct to say scholarly publishing, and then the research office
manage research communication in a holistic fashion. See the graphic here:
http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Capacity_Building

Regards

hg


*Hilton Gibson*
Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator
Stellenbosch University Library
http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html


On 8 July 2015 at 13:40, Allison Fullard <afullard at uwc.ac.za> wrote:

>  Hi All
> I was following an interesting thread on the discussion list called
> ScholComm.  An individual noted that the term "scholarly communication"
> tends to be used rather loosely to reference a whole range of activities.
>
> The outcome of the on and off conversation has been posted as a blog by
> Kevin Hawkins at http://www.ultraslavonic.info/blog/?p=89
>
> What I note is that the term may be used as shorthand for at least 3
> separate concepts and that we could try to apply greater precision.
> Helpfully, some alternative terms are offered for use in particular
> settings.
>
> "I’m always a bit afraid to use “scholarly” when talking to anyone but a
> humanities scholar since I sense that people in most other fields use
> “scientific” or “research” in these cases. So I like “research
> communication”.
>
> Something to think about
> Best wishes
> Allison
>
>
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