INLS 180 Day 13 Notes
Main Points
CA offers formal way to
quantify flow of ideas
Citation analysis has many
applications and limitations/qualifications
Over dependence/use can lead
to stagnation of thought/progress [consider Kuhn]
Web links are citations
[hyperlinks are editorial acts]
Difference
between reference and citation?
CA can help predict future
usage
CA an indicator if paper
importance
Complex relationship between
popularity and quality [consider fine art over centuries]
Finding information in not
the issue any more—it is filtering all the stuff that is found
Questions
How much is CA used in
collection development? In publishing?
In authoring?
Dangers of
CA for collection development? For assessing quality?
Dangers of CA for mediocrity
in popular culture [but consider niche markets]
What jobs are related to CA?
Are people link bombing in
scholarly citations?
If all things eventually are
related, how to decide what are the important cut off
points?
Will e-publishing
decentralize authority?
Is there more CA than content
analysis?
Difference
between a reference and a citation?
[intention/extension, type/token, work/text]
How to add more info to
citations? [e.g., link typing]
How does CA work in google?
How much does CA begin to
affect info flow? [self
awareness changes thought/action in systems too]
Citations
across languages?
Is CA only helpful in
identifying idea flow in scholarly fields?
[consider patents, court cases]
Can we do anything to prevent
unwanted relationships to be formed between us and others? (e.g., just because
a mass murderer and I buy the same book on Amazon, we are somehow linked)
What does it mean to have
everything that you can access anywhere, everywhere?
Follow up questions to
consider:
Can you think of other
‘indicators,’ cues, or relationships that might be useful? E.g., # of reviews, appearances on talk
shows, as counts; common quotations or allusions? Types of
institutions/affiliations? Geographic or spatial commonalities?
2. Scholarly
communication: discuss Kling & McKim paper
see www.stoa.org
see www.pubmed.gov
see www.plos.org
see http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
3. One-minute paper
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class
with today?