Scholarly Communication and Electronic Publication: Implications for Research, Advancement, and Promotion

Langston, Lizbeth

Untangling the Web / .
(ReLIS:jul:juljbi:14967)

Abstract:

In this paper I look at the issue of how scholarly publishing in electronic forums affects the academic tenure process. Currently, scholarly publication as it relates to the merit and promotion process is generally defined as publication in refereed journals or as publishing scholarly books. This definition, implying a fixed language-based text and an identifiable author (or attributable contributions from multiple authors, depending upon the field) is beginning to be questioned in theory and in practice. Implications for faculty members going through the tenure process, and thus for academic libraries and for librarians, who work to be integral players in the university community, will depend to what extent contemporary theoretical positions are put into practice, whether as radical change or as assimilated into current practices of the advancement and promotion process.

Creation: 1996
Keywords: Comunicación científica ; Edición electrónica

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