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Scalar, Tensor, And Ethics In Digital Asset Management, Allegra Swift, Craig Dietrich
Scalar, Tensor, And Ethics In Digital Asset Management, Allegra Swift, Craig Dietrich
Library Staff Publications and Research
This working group will foreground Scalar, a Semantic Web-based scholarly publishing system, and its developing “spin-off” application, Tensor, the latter created specifically for the collection and management of media from a variety of digital archives. The group will explore issues in access and use of digital archives, particularly around ethics and global citizenship when scholars work with media assets to create online digital scholarship. There is a lack of awareness of risk and ethics to guide the creation of such software, especially amplifying issues related to marginalized groups, sensitive data, and the confusion around the use of content that is …
Publishing Undergraduate Research: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?, Allegra Swift
Publishing Undergraduate Research: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?, Allegra Swift
Library Staff Publications and Research
Scholarly communications are evolving rapidly; there are shifts in how research is communicated, what counts for scholarship, and who is doing the communicating. Undergraduates are contributing to the scholarly conversation but with little education in what it means to participate online as a scholar, much less as a global digital citizen. Many faculty members engage in scholarly communication as they always have and are often unaware of the rapid developments in publishing and sharing research. Librarians with responsibilities in publishing, scholarly communication, and instruction are especially challenged to meet these gaps in digital literacy. Publishing undergraduate scholarship can be perceived …