- Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick Science Park, Millburn House, Millburn Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7HS, UK
Gareth Johnson
University of Warwick, Institute of Advanced Study, Faculty Member
The presentation will explore the configuration of a long-running and successful scholar-led, diamond open-access, interdisciplinary journal Exchanges, published by the University of Warwick, which combines knowledge dissemination with... more
The presentation will explore the configuration of a long-running and successful scholar-led, diamond open-access, interdisciplinary journal Exchanges, published by the University of Warwick, which combines knowledge dissemination with contributor developmental goals. Drawing on experiential data, the presentation provides ethnographic insights into the mutually beneficial outcomes derived from recruiting post-graduate researcher ‘associate editors’ to work on the title. It also problematises the balance between potentially exploitative, collaborative editorial production within the context of necessary academic immaterial labour required to operate an interdisciplinary scholar-led title.
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New scholarly publishing endeavours by post-graduate or early-career researchers are nothing new, yet few achieve any longevity. Conversely, explicitly operated by and for early career researchers, Warwick’s Exchanges interdisciplinary... more
New scholarly publishing endeavours by post-graduate or early-career researchers are nothing new, yet few achieve any longevity. Conversely, explicitly operated by and for early career researchers, Warwick’s Exchanges interdisciplinary journal has since 2013 successfully conducted twin missions to propagate the dissemination of researchers’ work, while enhancing emerging scholars’ authorial voices and practical scholarly publishing skills. Addressing the second issue, the paper considers the diverse benefits authors and editorial board members garner through their involvement. Drawing on authors and editorial board members’ lived experiences, it will examine the Exchanges initiative’s pragmatic and practical outcomes. It will also reflect on the managing editors’ learning journey, as an early-career researcher themselves, and how they have addressed the challenges of working with a distributed, time-poor and highly career-mobile distributed team. Finally, it uncovers how operating a long-term publishing training endeavour within an increasingly internationalised and competitive arena has yielded existential threats and serendipitous outcomes.
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This brief paper examines academic publishing, from a perspective suitable for early career researchers. Alongside some context and a short history of journal publication, it focuses on on the practical experiences, challenges and... more
This brief paper examines academic publishing, from a perspective suitable for early career researchers. Alongside some context and a short history of journal publication, it focuses on on the practical experiences, challenges and benefits which come from running a scholar-led journal. It also considers the benefits stemming from involvement within such a title for early career researchers.
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Editorial insights into the frustrations, challenges and flaws within scholarly quality assurance - from a small, scholar-led, international, interdisciplinary, radically open access journal. Presented at the PLOTINA Summer School on Peer... more
Editorial insights into the frustrations, challenges and flaws within scholarly quality assurance - from a small, scholar-led, international, interdisciplinary, radically open access journal. Presented at the PLOTINA Summer School on Peer Review & Critical Academic Writing.
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Slides from a presentation given at the University of Warwick (29/5/18) as part of the post-graduate researchers professional development programme. The talk provides a brief overview of the role which peer review plays in ensuring... more
Slides from a presentation given at the University of Warwick (29/5/18) as part of the post-graduate researchers professional development programme. The talk provides a brief overview of the role which peer review plays in ensuring quality assurance within scholarly publication. In particular, it draws on the practical experiences of running Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, published by the IAS at the University of Warwick.
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Speaking at the Regional Collaboration Managers' meeting, this paper provides an overview of the operations, strategy and challenges faced by the Mercian Collaboration.
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This lecture, delivered to the academic's of the College of Arts, Humanities and Law, University of Leicester, explores the role of Creative Commons licences, in contrast to traditional protectionist copyright structures.
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This talk will introduce the audience to the ideas of ethnography and consider its broad application within the realm of library service provision. It will serve to introduce delegates to the terminology, thinking and value of qualitative... more
This talk will introduce the audience to the ideas of ethnography and consider its broad application within the realm of library service provision. It will serve to introduce delegates to the terminology,
thinking and value of qualitative ethnographic practices, while contrasting it with the more quantitative techniques common in academic libraries. Drawing on examples from the author’s own
research practices and considerable library experience, it will illustrate the power, as well as the pitfalls, of employing ethnographic derived methods within a service delivery environment. Delegates can hope to gain an appreciation of how and where they might easily adapt these
approaches, within their own planning activities.
thinking and value of qualitative ethnographic practices, while contrasting it with the more quantitative techniques common in academic libraries. Drawing on examples from the author’s own
research practices and considerable library experience, it will illustrate the power, as well as the pitfalls, of employing ethnographic derived methods within a service delivery environment. Delegates can hope to gain an appreciation of how and where they might easily adapt these
approaches, within their own planning activities.
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In this lively, interactive and engaging workshop session delegates will experience a potted masterclass focusing on developing effective verbal, non-verbal and digital communication expertise. Drawing on his decades of experience in the... more
In this lively, interactive and engaging workshop session delegates will experience a potted masterclass focusing on developing effective verbal, non-verbal and digital communication expertise. Drawing on his decades of experience in the library and academic sector and through exploring applied communication theory, dramataology and practical exercises Gareth will seek to highlight the common challenges, missteps and glitches that crop up for everyone. He will also explore how some of the techniques used by professional raconteurs and charismatic speakers can be advantageously applied to everyday workplace situations. He will demonstrate how simple techniques such as modifying intonation, considering cadence and even the application of silence can enhance your communication’s effectiveness, clarity and impact.
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This paper aims to present a critical re-examination of the perceived obstacles operating within the UK’s academic culture to engaging with open access (OA) publishing and dissemination praxis. It draws on broader research currently... more
This paper aims to present a critical re-examination of the perceived obstacles operating within the UK’s academic culture to engaging with open access (OA) publishing and dissemination praxis. It draws on broader research currently seeking to problematise and challenge some of the orthodoxies operating within academic publishing discourse.
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The aim of this paper is to present a critical examination of the perceived obstacles operating within the United Kingdom's (UK) academic community to engaging with the praxis of open access (OA) publishing and dissemination. It draws on... more
The aim of this paper is to present a critical examination of the perceived obstacles operating within the United Kingdom's (UK) academic community to engaging with the praxis of open access (OA) publishing and dissemination. It draws on research currently underway seeking to problematise and challenge some of the orthodox perceptions operating within the academic publishing environment.
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Through a behavioural lens darkly - how ethnography can illuminate research into users (pt2) This paper was based on Gareth’s ethnographically framed research into cultural effects impacting on academics reactions to emerging paradigms... more
Through a behavioural lens darkly - how ethnography can illuminate research into users (pt2)
This paper was based on Gareth’s ethnographically framed research into cultural effects impacting on academics reactions to emerging paradigms of openness in scholarly communication. The session discussed how institutional and national environments may be shaping academics’ behaviour and attitudes. In particular the session considered how these relate to the practical obstacles to achieving increased academic open access buy-in, faced by staff seeking to promote effective open access within their organisations.
The paper also examined the challenges that exist in terms of workloads, ethics and data capture relating to the use of ethnographic method. It concluded by considering the value of qualitative research, in contrast to quantitative work, in the generation of rich, thick, holistic cultural narratives.
This paper formed part of a duel session with Bryony Ramsden, who presented a paper on the role of ethnography within her own research into user behaviours in library spaces.
This paper was based on Gareth’s ethnographically framed research into cultural effects impacting on academics reactions to emerging paradigms of openness in scholarly communication. The session discussed how institutional and national environments may be shaping academics’ behaviour and attitudes. In particular the session considered how these relate to the practical obstacles to achieving increased academic open access buy-in, faced by staff seeking to promote effective open access within their organisations.
The paper also examined the challenges that exist in terms of workloads, ethics and data capture relating to the use of ethnographic method. It concluded by considering the value of qualitative research, in contrast to quantitative work, in the generation of rich, thick, holistic cultural narratives.
This paper formed part of a duel session with Bryony Ramsden, who presented a paper on the role of ethnography within her own research into user behaviours in library spaces.
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A Webinar for Glyndwr University academic staff as part of their open education week event detailing the background and current situation as it relates to open access to scholarly research. A recording of this session was made is... more
A Webinar for Glyndwr University academic staff as part of their open education week event detailing the background and current situation as it relates to open access to scholarly research.
A recording of this session was made is available.
A recording of this session was made is available.
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Paper covers a brief practical introduction to the concepts and applications of Copyleft and Creative Commons licencing, as well as exploring how open access to research literature is able to function in a legal capacity. The paper also... more
Paper covers a brief practical introduction to the concepts and applications of Copyleft and Creative Commons licencing, as well as exploring how open access to research literature is able to function in a legal capacity. The paper also briefly reflects on developments towards open licencing and how this represents a response to a regime of absolutist copyright and costly fee-based access options.
Paper presented at the Through the Copyright Jungle workshop, Bangor University 11th November 2014.
Note a video of this paper was made and will be made available shortly (hopefully).
Paper presented at the Through the Copyright Jungle workshop, Bangor University 11th November 2014.
Note a video of this paper was made and will be made available shortly (hopefully).
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This paper presents a introduction to alternatives to strictly applied absolutist copyright. It covers the development of Copyleft and Creative Commons licensing, as well as exploring rights issues around open access. The paper also... more
This paper presents a introduction to alternatives to strictly applied absolutist copyright. It covers the development of Copyleft and Creative Commons licensing, as well as exploring rights issues around open access. The paper also questions the necessity of adhering to the orthodoxy of a system based on the extraction of rent from access to physical objects in a post-physical digital information age. Hence there is a consideration of the contribution of works liberated from a system of privatism based restriction towards the development of a digital commons.
Paper presented at the braving the Copyright Jungle workshop, Bangor University, 10th November 2014.
Paper presented at the braving the Copyright Jungle workshop, Bangor University, 10th November 2014.
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Paper presented at the I-School 2014 PhD conference hosted by the University of Sheffield. Provides a brief overview of the results of recent investigations into the response to OA by UK academics, and the context this means for the... more
Paper presented at the I-School 2014 PhD conference hosted by the University of Sheffield. Provides a brief overview of the results of recent investigations into the response to OA by UK academics, and the context this means for the proposed further research.
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Presented at the CILIP ARLG 2014 biennial study conference. This paper discusses and presents early results from ongoing research into the cultural institutional affects that shapes the responses of UK academics to the praxis of open... more
Presented at the CILIP ARLG 2014 biennial study conference. This paper discusses and presents early results from ongoing research into the cultural institutional affects that shapes the responses of UK academics to the praxis of open access (OA) to research literature. It reports on a extensive series of semi-structured interviews with leading OA practitioners, and the results of the conceptual analysis of their discourse.
Focusing on the UK it also considers the shaping of the response and attitudes of academics within an increasingly marketised and neoliberal policy dominated HE environment.
Focusing on the UK it also considers the shaping of the response and attitudes of academics within an increasingly marketised and neoliberal policy dominated HE environment.
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An invited brief paper highlighting my research and experience as a AHRC funded PhD student at NTU, for new PhD students coming into the Midlands3Cities partnership from 2014.
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Peer reviewed conference paper presented at the OER 14 international conference held in Newcastle. Lightning paper which provided an overview of author's research into open access and affects of academic culture across UK universities.... more
Peer reviewed conference paper presented at the OER 14 international conference held in Newcastle. Lightning paper which provided an overview of author's research into open access and affects of academic culture across UK universities. Covered background, methodology and the results of the first phase of empirical fieldwork surveying the groundswell of reaction across a large cross section of UK HEIs.
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Webinar from UKSG 2014 Conference in Harrogate, featuring an overview of the conference highlights and thoughts from a panel including myself, publishers and funder representatives.
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A taster participatory workshop employing practical tips and exercises designed to enhance delegates' confidence in oral and non-verbal communication in daily life, formal situations and as presenters.
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Round table workshop exploring participants ideal vision of how open access should function within academia.
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Conference paper delivered at the School of Arts and Humanities annual research conference. Paper details the background to and planned work in relation to my PhD research, which is currently at an early stage, of examining the cultural... more
Conference paper delivered at the School of Arts and Humanities annual research conference. Paper details the background to and planned work in relation to my PhD research, which is currently at an early stage, of examining the cultural factors shaping UK academics reactions to open access and other aspects of openness in higher education.
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Poster presentation prepared as part of the requirements of the PhD Research Practice Course. Gives an overview of my planned PhD research endeavors.
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Social Media workshop session for libraries and library staff, run as part of the University of Leicester staff conference. Focus is on practicality and best practice for staff in engaging with social media and networking in a personal,... more
Social Media workshop session for libraries and library staff, run as part of the University of Leicester staff conference. Focus is on practicality and best practice for staff in engaging with social media and networking in a personal, professional and corporate dynamic.
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Increasingly there is a need for quantitative evidence in order to help demonstrate the value of online services. Such evidence can also help to detect emerging patterns of usage and identify associated operational best practice. This... more
Increasingly there is a need for quantitative evidence in order to help demonstrate the value of online services. Such evidence can also help to detect emerging patterns of usage and identify associated operational best practice. This paper seeks to initiate a discussion on approaches to metrics for institutional repositories by providing a high-level overview of the benefits of metrics for a variety of stakeholders. The paper outlines the potential benefits which can be gained from providing richer statistics related to the use of institutional repositories and also reviews related work in this area. The authors describe a JISC-funded project which harvested a large number of repositories in order to identify patterns of use of metadata attributes and summarise the key findings. The paper provides a case study which reviews plans to provide a richer set of statistics within one institutional repository as well as requirements from the researcher community. An example of how third-party aggregation services may provide metrics on behalf of the repository community is given. The authors conclude with a call for repository managers, developers and policy makers to be pro-active in providing open access to metrics for open repositories.
PreConference workshop session delivered given at OR2012 (Open Repositories) at the University of Edinburgh. The session details the creation and work of the UK repository worker's professional body UKCoRR. In particular it highlights... more
PreConference workshop session delivered given at OR2012 (Open Repositories) at the University of Edinburgh. The session details the creation and work of the UK repository worker's professional body UKCoRR. In particular it highlights the light-weight governance and organisation 2.0 structure of the organisation; along with the issues and advantages created through running an unfunded professional body.
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UKCoRR Annual Member's meeting Chair's address, reviewing activity within the repository manager and worker community by the organisation. An interactive session in which debate and questions were invited from the membership, and later... more
UKCoRR Annual Member's meeting Chair's address, reviewing activity within the repository manager and worker community by the organisation. An interactive session in which debate and questions were invited from the membership, and later discussed on the UKCoRR blog (www.ukcorr.org).
A workshop session at the LIEM/FIL event held at the University of Leicester for interlibrary loan staff from across the region and the UK. The focus of the session was to provide an overview of the challenges and issues faced by library... more
A workshop session at the LIEM/FIL event held at the University of Leicester for interlibrary loan staff from across the region and the UK. The focus of the session was to provide an overview of the challenges and issues faced by library staff in relation to ILL, reporting back on some recent research the author had conducted. At the same time delegates were encouraged to provide insight and feedback on some of the key questions. The outcomes from this session were published in the FIL Newsletter in early 2012.
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This conference paper was aimed at those staff working in document supply and interlending who want to know more about the practical steps they can take to find free open access quality versions of works scattered in the repositories... more
This conference paper was aimed at those staff working in document supply and interlending who want to know more about the practical steps they can take to find free open access quality versions of works scattered in the repositories around the world.
It was presented June 28th 2011 at the Interlend 2011 conference, Durham UK, for members of the Forum for Interlending.
It was presented June 28th 2011 at the Interlend 2011 conference, Durham UK, for members of the Forum for Interlending.
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Keynote delivered at the NWLIP group autumn workshop, highlighting the challenges faced and engaged with by librarians and staff working to supply interlibrary loans across the UK. Paper delivered in capacity as Chair of the Forum for... more
Keynote delivered at the NWLIP group autumn workshop, highlighting the challenges faced and engaged with by librarians and staff working to supply interlibrary loans across the UK. Paper delivered in capacity as Chair of the Forum for Interlending and Information Delivery.
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Paper delivered as part of a JISC workshop, focussing on issues relating to budgetary and finance issues across the academic library sector. Paper is the output from a piece of empirical research to evaluate the perceived forthcoming... more
Paper delivered as part of a JISC workshop, focussing on issues relating to budgetary and finance issues across the academic library sector. Paper is the output from a piece of empirical research to evaluate the perceived forthcoming challenges to finances faced by university libraries and the steps that could be taken to reduce their impact. A review of those steps that staff believed would be least disruptive vs the most effective were considered.