Michael Habib-
We’re Not Dead Yet! - 11/15/2004 - Library Journal
“University presses can survive and thrive if university libraries work with them to create a sustainable future for scholarly communication” by Barbara Fister and Niko Pfund — Library Journal, 11/15/2004
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AAUP & ARL: 2004 The Year of the University Press
“The Development of an Open Source Publishing System by Terry Ehling, Director of Electronic Publishing at Cornell University Library. Prior to her Cornell appointment, she was Manager of the Digital Projects Lab at the MIT Press. “
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“The adoption of open-source publishing systems like DPubS can correct the imbalance in the scholarly communication environment by providing a venue for nontraditional publishing initiatives.”
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“University presses are at the cutting edge of electronic publishing, often working in collaboration with each other, with their university libraries, and with scholarly societies. Below are links to some of the e-Publishing initiatives currently under wa
Archive for the 'Scholarly/Academic Publishing' Category
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Older adults and e-books—and how E could be the new large ‘print’
Excellent article arguing the need for large print and senior friendly e-books and readers. I would have the font size blown up all the time. Maybe I need to take a look at the Kindle.
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Isabelle Fetherston, “Resources and discussion about library services to older adults.” Author of large print e-book article.
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Inside Higher Ed :: Open Courses Open Wider
via freemoth - to read
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation released a report (.pdf) today offers a number of ideas for reforms. Its 80 pages, so I haven’t had a chance to read it yet. Some key points highlighed in the press release are:
more robust support for interdisciplinary scholarship; training that prepares Ph.D. candidates to teach in many settings and apply their expertise beyond the academy; better recruitment and retention of doctoral students of color (a theme addressed more fully in the June 2005 companion report, Diversity and the Ph.D.); and dynamic connections between Ph.D. programs and the corporate, government, and nonprofit sectors.
