The Discourse of Scholarly Communication

Patrick Gamsby

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
15 September 2023

Writing & editing guides; Automation of library & information processes; Communication studies; Social theory

The Discourse of Scholarly Communication recontextualizes the place and purpose of scholarship within the context of the Enlightenment. Patrick Gamsby argues that while Enlightenment/enlightenment is often used in the mottos of numerous academic institutions, its historical, social, and philosophical elements are largely obscured. Using a theoretical lens, Gamsby revisits the ideals of the Enlightenment alongside the often contradictory issues of disciplinary boundaries, access to research, academic labor in the production of scholarship (author, peer reviewer, editor, and translator), the interrelationship of form and content (lectures, textbooks, books, and essays), and the stewardship of scholarship in academic libraries and archives. It is ultimately argued that for the betterment of the scholarly communication ecosystem and the betterment of society, anti-Enlightenment rules of scholarship such as ‘publish or perish’ should be dispensed with in favor of the formulation of a New Enlightenment.

By: Patrick Gamsby
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 485g
ISBN: 9781666922615
ISBN 10: 1666922617
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 15 September 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Patrick Gamsby is scholarly communications librarian at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Reviews for The Discourse of Scholarly Communication

In this critical theory of the academic text, Patrick Gamsby offers a deeply informative disquisition on this distinctive form. Much is made of earlier scholars' insights into their own practices, with a spotlight on twentieth-century postmodernists. Gamsby also enlivens the book's breadth by thoughtfully engaging with current issues, from open access to review quality, in ways that promise to advance scholarship's efforts to serve learning and humankind. --John Willinsky, Stanford University