TY - DATA T1 - Video Abstracts: a new way of scientific communication PY - 2015/07/08 AU - Paloma MarĂ­n-Arraiza UR - https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Video_Abstracts_a_new_way_of_scientific_communication/1476871 DO - 10.6084/m9.figshare.1476871.v5 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/2166917 KW - scientic communication KW - scientific videos KW - video publishing KW - alternative workflows in science KW - science collaboration KW - open science KW - Open Access KW - Library and Information Studies N2 - So far, scientific knowledge has primarily been communicated in form of written texts accompanied by a few images. Non-textual materials were considered to be inappropriate for academic purposes. They were usually regarded as general-interest publications rather than as 'proper' scientific publications. Nowadays, the importance of scientific audiovisual media is continuously increasing.In this context, video abstracts contribute to the creation of a multimodal scholarship. A multimodal scholarship involves the use of multiple digital mediums to communicate research and increase the audience this research reaches. Being multimodal also involves the collaboration between different agents: scientists, librarians, and publishers ER -