Rad se bavi temom društvenoga čitanja u kontekstu mrežnog okruženja. Društvenom čitanju pripada sve što je u najopširnijem smislu povezano s razmjenom mišljenja i činjenica o pročitanim knjigama među čitateljima. Društveno čitanje u digitalnom dobu posebna je komunikacijska praksa koja je nastala kao rezultat tehnološkog razvoja. U radu će se najprije prikazati povijest društvenog čitanja, a zatim suvremeni trendovi istog kroz primjere tzv. digitalnih margina, društvenih mreža za ljubitelje knjiga te virtualnih čitateljskih klubova. Digitalne margine pojavljuju se kao mogućnost e-čitača, a omogućuju korisnicima pisanje bilješki i napomena u margine e-knjiga. Društvene mreže za ljubitelje knjiga gdje korisnici imaju prilike ostavljati kritike i komentare na pročitana djela te pogledati preporuke za nove naslove koje bi željeli pročitati danas imaju višemilijunsko članstvo. Najpoznatije strane društvene mreže za ljubitelje knjiga i čitanja su Goodreads, LibraryThing i Litsy, a među hrvatskim izdvaja se portal Najbolje knjige. Uz društvene mreže, nastaju i čitateljski klubovi na mreži čiji članovi mogu razmjenjivati dojmove o određenoj knjizi koju su čitali u isto vrijeme. U radu će biti prikazani neki od suvremenih aktivnih virtualnih čitateljskih klubova, kao što su Between Two Books, The History Book Club, Our Shared Shelf, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy and Paranormal Romance i dr.
New academic project shows that users trust librarians when it comes to evaluating information. In their opinion, librarians have better credibility then Google.
This article provides an introduction to the use of altmetrics as a tool to assess research impact. In particular, it looks at the evidence behind claims that altmetrics allow the impact of research to be measured in days rather than years. Low correlations between altmetrics and article citations make it doubtful that altmetrics can reliably predict future citations. In addition, there are good reasons to qualify statements that altmetrics measure the wider impact of research on society. Librarians should be careful not to overstate the value of altmetrics when recommending their use as a complement to more traditional measures of research quality.
This paper presents a review of altmetrics or alternative metrics. This concept is defined as the creation and study of new indicators for analysing scientific and academic research activity based onWeb 2.0. The underlying premise is that variables such as mentions in blogs, numberof tweets or saves ofan articleby researchersin reference management systems, may be a valid measure of the use and impactof scientific publications. In this respect,these measuresare becoming particularly relevant, being at the centre of debate within the bibliometric community. Firstly,an explanation is given of the main platforms and indicators for this type of measurement. Subsequently,a study is undertaken of a selection of papers from the field of communication, comparing the number of citations received withtheir 2.0 indicators.The results show that the most cited articles within recent years also have significantly higher altmetric indicators. Next follows a review of the principal empirical studies undertaken, centering on the correlations between bibliometric and alternative indicators. To conclude, the main limitations of altmetrics are highlighted,alongside a reflective consideration of the role altmetrics may play in capturing the impactof research in Web 2.0 platforms.
This is a group connected to the SOP2 class at the Department of information and communication sciences at the Faculty of humanities and social sciences University of Zagreb. SOP2 is a course dealing with document indexing, document searching and related practices.