Computer Networking and Scholarly Communication in the Twenty-First-Century University

Harrison, Teresa M. & Stephen, Timothy

ISBN 10: 0791428540 / ISBN 13: 9780791428542

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany, New York, 1996

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468 pp. Edgewear, corners rubbed. Explores how the Internet is changing the practices, structure and products of academic scholarship. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Computer Networking and Scholarly Communication in the Twenty-First-Century University
• Publisher: State University of New York Press, Albany, New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0791428540
• ISBN 13: 9780791428542
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

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Synopsis

This book explores the various ways in which computer networking, and more specifically the Internet, is changing the practices, the structure, and the products of academic scholarship. It considers research, teaching, and dissemination of knowledge across a range of disciplines in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences in order to identify particular uses of networking that will come to constitute the academic world of the future. The contributors consider such themes as how networking and particular software environments can be used to support inquiry within research specialties and how scholars in diverse disciplines respond to the availability of new networked channels of scholarly communication. In the context of education, they argue that networking can reconfigure the process of learning, encompassing new audiences, new relationships with teachers, and new learning skills adapted for the network environment. The products of such new configurations are also discussed. The future of electronic journal publication is considered by innovators who have designed some of the first experiments in refereed electronic journal publication. Finally, the new responsibilities and roles of the academic library and academic publishers in a networked environment are debated.

About the Author

Teresa M. Harrison is Associate Professor of Communication in the Department of Language, Literature, and Communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Timothy Stephen is Associate Professor of Communication in the Department of Language, Literature, and Communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Teresa M. Harrison and Timothy Stephen are co-directors of Comserve, an online scholarly service for faculty and students in communications studies, for which they won the Council of Communication Libraries' 1993 "Prize for Excellence in Information Services."