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LIDA 2014

Altmetrics in the humanities: perceptions of Italian scholars Anna Maria Tammaro (University of Parma). LIDA 2014. Digital Humanities.

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LIDA 2014

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  1. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Altmetrics in the humanities: perceptions of Italian scholars Anna Maria Tammaro (University of Parma) LIDA 2014

  2. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Digital Humanities “The digital humanities, also known as humanities computing, is a field of study, research, teaching, and invention concerned with the intersection of computing and the disciplines of the humanities. It is methodological by nature and interdisciplinary in scope. It involves investigation, analysis, synthesis and presentation of information in electronic form. It studies how these media affect the disciplines in which they are used, and what these disciplines have to contribute to our knowledge of computing.” Matthew Kirschenbaum 2010

  3. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014

  4. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 DH Manifesto “The diversity of digital media and publication genres need to be accepted as genuine means of scientific communication”, including “ repositories, publication platforms, social media networks and blogging”,

  5. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Digital humanities in Italy • Pioneers: 1945-1980 • Networked: 1980-2011 Research centers for connected communities • Collaborative: 2011- infrastructure for collaboration

  6. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Pionieri: Roberto Busa (1913-2011)

  7. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 AIUCD Italian Association IU • From 2011 • Website http://www.umanisticadigitale.it • Collective Blog Leggere Scrivere Far di conto http://infouma.hypotheses.org • List http://mailman.humnet.unipi.it/ listinfo/aiucd-l • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/aiucd/

  8. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Typologies of research output • More and more research output is happening outside the traditional journal or book. • Literary editions • Websites, Blogs • Archives and Digital Libraries • OER, MOOC • Software tools Dictionary, Concordances, Data Bases, Data sets

  9. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Evaluation methods ITALY • Anvur italian Agency Quality • Journals distribution in two categories of quality GEV A&B • Combination of Impact Factor with peer review evaluation EUROPE • Project EICSTES (European Indicators, Cyberspace and the Science-Technology-Economy System) • Wiser Project Web indicators for Science Technology and Innovation Research • What? Only books and articles in pdf format

  10. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Peer review • DARIAH/NINES • Centernet

  11. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Altmetrics • The definition of altmetrics stands for alternative metrics and is a way to measure the impact of a scholarly article or project by charting social media mentions as well as blog posts and bookmarks. • Altmetrics Mendeley group (www.mendeley.com/groups/586171/altmetrics/papers/)

  12. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Research Life Cycle • Many platforms and tools try to support the research life cycle

  13. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Social media

  14. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Aims ad objectives Aim: • to propose alternative methods of evaluation of digital publications in the humanities Objectives: • make evident the usage and the perceptions of the creators of digital resources for evaluation by Altmetrics; • understand barriers and obstacles to evaluation by Altmetrics

  15. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Methodology Third phase Final Report will be discussed by thematic focus groups First phase • Inventory of communities and research projects and artefacts Second phase • Questionnaire followed by interviews with experts in each disciplinary sector

  16. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 7 DIGILAB. Centro intertipartimentale di ricerca e servizi 8 Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale 9 ILC (Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale) 10 LABIUM 11 OVI (Opera del Vocabolario Italiano) 12 SIGNUM (Centro di ricerche informatiche per le discipline umanistiche) 13 SISMEL (Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino) 14 UNIPR CoLab (Co-Laboratorio dell'Università di Parma) DH Research Center 1 Accademia della Crusca 2 CELCT (Center for the Evaluation of Language and Communication Technologies) 3 CIBIT (Centro Interuniversitario Biblioteca Italiana Telematica) 4 CISI (Centro Interstrutture di Servizi Informatici e Telematici per le Facoltà Umanistiche) 5 CILTA (Centro Interfacoltà di Linguistica Teorica e Applicata) 6 CTL (Centro di elaborazione informatica di testi e immagini nella Tradizione Letteraria)

  17. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Projects and artefacts http://linclass.classics.unibo.it/udwiki

  18. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 Data collection tool Quantitative • Number publication, citation, page rank, subscribers and followers, preferences Qualitative • Citations, Wikipedia, Peer review and recommendations What indicators would you use to evaluate the quality of humanities research? include in the reply the indicators that have been used (VQR, ASN), but do not restrict to these http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GZSB27F

  19. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 First findings • The perceptions of scholars for evaluation using social media is critical. • “Many alternative channels from which to collect the assessment mean much more work for the scholar” • “Preferences can be constructed artificially, what scientific credibility likers can have?” • The peer review is the preferred evaluation method • Trust-building is needed

  20. Zadar, 16-20 June 2014 To be continued.... • Whereas the traditional humanities typically value originality, authority, and authorship—an ethos based in part on the scarcity of information and the perceived need for gatekeepers—the Digital Humanities Manifesto instead promotes remixing, openness, and the wisdom of the crowd.... • Whereas the traditional humanities are text based and nontechnical and value solitary, specialized work resulting in a book, the digital humanities are collaborative and technical, value design, and are built upon shared information resources Lisa Spiro 2012

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