General description

An optional set of books included in intermediate studies

Learning outcomes

To give basic knowledge on the processes of scientific communication and their changes in the era of networks. The course also provides basic knowledge on the use of bibliometric methods in the research of scientific communication.

Contents

The basic features of scientific communication. The character and tasks of information intermediaries and networks in scientific communication. The basics of bibliometric methods.

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

1. Borgman, Scholarship in the digital age. Information, infrastructure, and the Internet. The MIT Press 2007;
2. Meadows, Communicating research. Academic Press 1998;
3. Willinsky, The access principle: the case for open access to research and scholarship. The MIT Press 2006.

Belongs to following study modules