Difference between revisions of "Trip Report: PKP Conference 2007"
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'''Note''': There is a [http://scholarlypublishing.blogspot.com/ conference blog] available. Check out! | '''Note''': There is a [http://scholarlypublishing.blogspot.com/ conference blog] available. Check out! | ||
== Cornelius Puschmann: eLanguage.net == | |||
see http://scholarlypublishing.blogspot.com/2007/07/elanguagenet-shifting-paradigm-in.html | |||
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The interface (i.e. search results) is build around the notion of ''common operations'' (and the quality is measured in ''time to task completion''): | The interface (i.e. search results) is build around the notion of ''common operations'' (and the quality is measured in ''time to task completion''): | ||
* find key articles in area (ranked) | |||
* find relevant recent articles in area (ranked) | |||
* explore scholarly neighborhood (i.e. related articles) | |||
* locate/access article/book | |||
* cite | |||
Ranking means using weighed ''sources of quality''. | Ranking means using weighed ''sources of quality''. | ||
Some lessons: | Some lessons: | ||
* nobody uses categories. | |||
* link resolvers are the remaining vital part of infrastructure that libraries should provide. | |||
* library links in google scholar are used ''a lot'': 10-20% clickthrough! | |||
Good quote (answering the request for a open-access-only filter option): | Good quote (answering the request for a open-access-only filter option): | ||
"The alternative to frustration is ignorance" | "The alternative to frustration is ignorance" | ||
Revision as of 17:04, 13 July 2007
Notes have been taken by Robert and Christina during PKP conference in Vancouver.
Note: There is a conference blog available. Check out!
Cornelius Puschmann: eLanguage.net[edit]
see http://scholarlypublishing.blogspot.com/2007/07/elanguagenet-shifting-paradigm-in.html
Anurag Achary, Google Scholar[edit]
Google Scholar is about the solve the findability part of accessibility. Their goal is to provide the best possible scholarly search, in particular in terms of coverage: Cover as many languages as possible and as many sources as possible.
The interface (i.e. search results) is build around the notion of common operations (and the quality is measured in time to task completion):
- find key articles in area (ranked)
- find relevant recent articles in area (ranked)
- explore scholarly neighborhood (i.e. related articles)
- locate/access article/book
- cite
Ranking means using weighed sources of quality.
Some lessons:
- nobody uses categories.
- link resolvers are the remaining vital part of infrastructure that libraries should provide.
- library links in google scholar are used a lot: 10-20% clickthrough!
Good quote (answering the request for a open-access-only filter option): "The alternative to frustration is ignorance"
"metasearch is a dead end"