MBIB4150 Scholarly Communication Course description

The course covers practical and theoretical knowledge relating to the various stages of scholarly communication. The course includes:

• models for scholarly communication
• open science and open data
• publication patterns in different scholarly disciplines
• bibliometric methods and aims
• funding models for scholarly publication
• open access publishing and institutional archives

The language of the course is Norwegian.

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After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• understands the structure of scholarly communication and publication on a national and international level, and how it is influenced by disciplinary differences
• has advanced knowledge of the political and practical aspects of open data, open access and open science
• is well acquainted with bibliometric methods and aims for the development of collections, mapping of research activity and research evaluation

Skills

The student is capable of:

• advising researchers in open-access publication solutions
• explaining and recommending metadata solutions for research data
• working with the administration of research data
• conducting simple bibliometric analysis

General competence

The student has

• good knowledge about the research cycle
• a solid understanding of research projects and how they can be evaluated

The course is organised as a weekly series of seminars. The students can attend the lectures on campus or follow them remotely online.

The following coursework requirements must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

The students will write an assignment on a self-selected topic, which must be approved by the lecturer in advance. The semester paper can be written individually, in which case its scope shall be approx. 15 pages, or it can be written in groups of two or three students, in which case it shall have a scope of approx. 20 pages.

The requirement must be delivered by a prescribed deadline, and it must be approved to qualify for final grading. The required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will be given the opportunity to submit an improved version once by the given deadline.

The assessment form is an individual written three-day home exam.

The answer must have a scope of approx. 20000 characters including spaces. Font and font size: Arial / Calibri 12pkt. Line spacing: 1.5.

All written aids are allowed as long as the source reference rules are followed.

Grade scale A-F

All exam papers are graded by one internal and one external examiner.

Nils Pharo