New promotion and tenure guidelines

New peer review processes

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The Impact of Digital scholarship on peer review

• An opportunity to fix some of the shortcomings of traditional peer review?

• Experimentation with using digital media to enhance or improve peer review

Examples ofNew peer review processes

Online manuscript submission & peer review

Open peer review• Alternative to traditional peer

review

• “Everything happens in the open”

• Reviews are signed and published, together with author responses, as permanent and citable part of article

Pre-print review

• Web 2.0 tools (commenting, voting)

• Anyone may register

• Raises question of who is a ‘peer’

Web 2.0 Features

Post-publication review

• Peer reviewed prior to publication

• Post-publication reviewed through public forum

Joy V. Fuqua, Queens College, City University of New York, 9.25.2007

Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, 9.25.2007

Richard L. Edwards, Indiana University's School of Informatics, 9.24.2007

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Beth Coleman, MIT, 10.15.2007

Christian Sandvig, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 10.1.2007

Jon Awbrey, Rochester Hills, Michigan, 2.7.2008

Focused Online Discussions

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New Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure

sample guidelines

Other examples:

•University of Virginia, (Arts & Sciences)

•University of Maine (New Media Department)

•Mount Holyoke College

be clear at the point of hire(the hiring institution

and the candidate both have responsibilities)

Read and evaluate scholarship in the format in which it was produced

(if necessary, ask the candidate to demonstrate and explain the work)

Seek outside opinions if necessary

(find knowledgeable people who can give an informed evaluation of a

project)

Take time to understand the peer review process

(while many works still undergo traditional peer review, new models

are appearing)

Know that digital technologies are blurring

boundaries between teaching, scholarship, and

service

(consider how works might contribute to more than one area)

Recognize the value of collaboration

(For collaborative projects, candidate should document the roles of

individuals involved)

don’t focus solely on format

(look for originality, creativity, quality, and contribution to the discipline)

Stay informed about scholarly communication

issues in your field

(today, there are fewer institutional mechanisms to guide us)

Some possibleinstitutional responses

• Talk to colleagues and re-examine criteria for promotion and tenure

• Develop institutional policies and infrastructure to support open access to our faculty’s scholarship

• Encourage faculty to negotiate publishing agreements that favor open access

• Provide opportunities to learn about changes in scholarly communication