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BL
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648144
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Weller, Martin.
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| Title & Author
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The digital scholar : : how technology is transforming scholarly practice /\ Martin Weller.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Bloomsbury,, 2011.
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viii, 200 p. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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9781849664974 (hbk.)
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: 1849664978 (hbk.)
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: 9781849666176 (pbk.)
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: 1849666172 (pbk.)
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9781849666251 (ebk.)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-198) and index.
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| Contents
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Digital, networked and open -- Is the revolution justified? -- Lessons from other sectors -- The nature of scholarship -- Researchers and new technology -- Interdisciplinary and permeable boundaries -- Public engagement as collateral damage -- A pedagogy of abundance -- Openness in education -- Network weather -- Reward and tenure -- Publishing -- Medals of our defeats -- Digital resilience.
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| Abstract
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This book addresses the problems, potential and promise faced by higher education in light of digital innovation. While industries such as music, newspapers, film and publishing have all been subject to dramatic changes in their business models and practices, higher education has so far resisted a radical overhaul. a fundamental and gradual shift in the practice of academics is, however, taking place.
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Learning and scholarship-- Technological innovations.
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Communication in learning and scholarship-- Technological innovations.
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Education, Higher-- Effect of technological innovations on.
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Scholarly electronic publishing.
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| Dewey Classification
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001.2
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| LC Classification
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LA227.4.W455 2011
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