Do researchers use Google Drive instead of Word? Papers instead of Endnote? Google Scholar instead of Web of Science? Megajournals instead of topical journals? ResearchGate instead of repositories? The Central Medical Library UMCG is engaged in an ongoing effort to chart the evolving landscape of scholarly communication (http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1286826). The survey is run by our colleagues of Utrecht University library and we want to map the workflow and used tools by UMCG researchers.
New tools are constantly being developed, as reflected in the list of 400+ scholarly communication tools (http://bit.ly/innoscholcomm-list). Researchers vote with their feet on these changes by adopting or rejecting new modes of working. With this international survey we intend to investigate how tool usage varies by field, country and position. The survey will run until February 2016.
A SURVEY. WHERE? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?
If you have not yet done so, please take this graphical survey:
https://innoscholcomm.typeform.com/to/Csvr7b?source=1u7M8g
(use this link if you are UMCG staff member, otherwise use https://101innovations.wordpress.com/)
People tell us it is easy and fun to fill it out by just clicking the tools you use. It takes 8-12 minutes to complete and you can opt to receive a visual characterization of your workflow compared to that of your peer group.
Here is a Dropbox link to a Doc version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Hxvu-KMBB6t29OQMiB3rtoDnI7WdOGEiSceVxt3CPE/edit?usp=sharing