Colleagues/ In June I Will Give Three (3) Invited Keynote Presentations In Ireland At: +++The National Library Of Ireland, Dublin (June 4) / The University College Cork, Cork (June 8 / AM) / The University of Limerick, Limerick (June 9 / PM) +++ The Paradigms They Are A-Changin' > The Future Of Research And Scholarship: Open / Semantic / Social / Mobile Gerry McKiernan / Associate Professor ; Science and Technology Librarian / Iowa State University Library _Abstract_ There are four major themes that are and will become the context and framework of research and scholarship in the 21st Century: Open / Semantic / Social / Mobile: Open > Open Access / Open Notebooks / Open Peer Review / Open Science / Open Source / Open Standards / Etc. Semantic > Valued-Added Content and Functionality Within Journals ; Monographs ; Other Publications ; Etc. Social > Social Networks / Social Media / Social Software / Etc, Mobile > Mobile Access / Mobile Communication / Data Gathering / Mobile Content Within Publications / Etc. In this presentation, we will briefly profile select developments related to these major themes and speculate on their potential evolution and impact on research and scholarship in the coming decade(s). If you are interested in information about any / all of these presentations, please contact me at gerrymck@iastate.edu To focus my presentation(s), I would appreciate learning about those themes / subthemes that would be of great/greater/greatest interest (I will self-archived a version of the presentation(s) by the end of June, after my return). Please post your suggestion(s) as (a) Comment(s) on the blog entry at [ http://tinyurl.com/pwp8nf ] [BTW: Do Click On Mr. Dylan's Image ; It Links To A Major Web Exhibit I Co-Authored A Few Years Ago] [:-)] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]