Electronic Publishing, Knowledge Sharing and Open Access in Political Science, Shourt Cource

In the digital environment, academic publishing is undergoing a major transformation, with authorship – the sanctuary of scientific communication – facing the challenges of open access and open culture. While the death of the book, as the bulwark of traditional knowledge, may be one of those apocalyptic forecasts that never takes place, the circulation of ideas is nonetheless taking unprecedented forms and channels. The new electronic format of scholarly knowledge is redefining research, writing and thinking altogether, in ways that we are now only beginning to grasp. The purpose of this presentation - as political scientists - is to focus on the main features of this new reading environment, mainly draw from our experience as editors of IPSAPortal.net, the International Political Science Association’s website specializing in selecting and reviewing the top e-hubs in our discipline.