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Andy Tattersall

Andy Tattersall is an information specialist at the School of Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield. His role is to scan the horizon for Web and technologies opportunities relating to research, teaching and collaboration and maintain networks that support this. He has a keen interest in new ways of working by employing altmetrics, Web 2.0 and social media but also paying close attention to the implications and pitfalls for using such advances. @andy_tattersall

Posts by Andy Tattersall:

Questions to Ask When Choosing New Research Tools

By Andy Tattersall | Published: July 18, 2018
Academia has become increasingly reliant on third-party tools and technologies to carry out research processes. Andy Tattersall suggests a series of straightforward questions researchers should ask themselves before choosing a new technology for use in...
Posted in Research | Tagged Digital Scholarships | Leave a comment

Book Review: Social Media for Academics

By Andy Tattersall | Published: July 26, 2016
Reviewer Andy Tattersall welcomes 'Social Media for Academics' as a balanced and thoughtful guide for academics that outlines the wheres and whys of how to start with an online presence and how to avoid getting...
Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Book Review, Social Media | Leave a comment

Peer Review Has Problems. Let’s Fix Them

By Andy Tattersall | Published: December 5, 2014
In a conclusion to his two earlier articles on post-publication peer review, Andy Tattersall argues that while new ways to measure scholarly value may not be perfect yet, it's still high time to start introducing...
Posted in Communication, Higher Education Reform | Tagged Peer Review, The Conversation | Leave a comment

A Guided Tour of Post-Publication Review Sites

By Andy Tattersall | Published: November 14, 2014
Andy Tattersall continues his discussion of post-publication peer review and provides an overview of the main tools and sites, from publisher platforms to independent forums, offering some kind of comment, discussion or review system for scholarly...
Posted in Communication, Research | Tagged Peer Review, PeerJ, PLOS, Post-Publication Peer Review | Leave a comment

Let’s Dissect Post-Publication Peer Review

By Andy Tattersall | Published: November 13, 2014
Andy Tattersall looks at the shortcomings and opportunities of post-publication review online and picks apart the differences between reviewing, discussing and commenting in a scholarly context.
Posted in International Debate, Research | Tagged Peer Review, Post-Publication Peer Review | Leave a comment

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