Event Title
Start Date
4-12-2009 3:00 PM
End Date
4-12-2009 3:15 PM
Description
Kieran Rankin discusses the pros and cons of the Open Journals System as a means of publishing and preserving journals online.
Dec 4th, 3:00 PM
Dec 4th, 3:15 PM
Open Journals
Kieran Rankin discusses the pros and cons of the Open Journals System as a means of publishing and preserving journals online.
Comments
Dr Kieran Rankin is working on 'The OPSIT Project: Charting the Quantitative History of Ireland's Path to Modernity. He submitted his PhD thesis 'The Evolution and Entrenchment of the Irish Border, 1911-1926: A Political Geography' at the School of Geography, University College Dublin (UCD) in 2005. He had previously received a BA (1995) in Geography at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, that was followed by a MSc (1997) in International Politics at the same institution. Before linking with the Trinity Long Room Hub, Kieran was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for British Irish Studies (IBIS), UCD, where he conducted research for the Mapping Frontiers: Plotting Pathways project in collaboration with Queen's University Belfast. He was also a Research Fellow at the Geopolitics and International Boundaries Research Centre, King's College, University of London. His general research interests include political geography, boundary studies, cartography, the Middle East, and modern Irish and British history.