January 2022

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“Just doing it”: Five Talks on Digital Scholarship and Open Book Publishing

On: January 26, 2022

By Jeroen Sondervan, Utrecht University Library In this post, Jeroen Sondervan reflects on the OA Workouts: Scholars at Work series he hosted for the Open Access Books Network, discussing what we learned and what others might draw from these examples of open scholarship. If you are interested in hosting aRead More →

Small university presses and OA books: come and join us!

On: January 17, 2022

In: funding OA books, Metadata, OA press, OABN update

This year at the OABN, among other topics we want to focus on the challenges that small university presses face when publishing OA books — either in addition to a closed-access list, or as an entirely OA press. The issues faced by smaller university presses when publishing OA are oftenRead More →

Launching the Experimental Publishing Compendium | Centre for Postdigital Cultures December 1, 2023
The Copim community and Open Book Futures are pleased to announce the launch of the Experimental Publishing Compendium https://compendium.copim.ac.uk/ The compendium is a guide and reference for scholars, publishers, developers, librarians, and designers who want to challenge, push, and redefine the shape, form, and rationale of scholarly books. The compendium gathers and links tools, examples […]
New report "Recognising Digital Scholarly Outputs in the Humanities" | ALLEA December 1, 2023
This report underscores the transformative impact of digital practices on humanities scholarship. It highlights the importance of recognising interdisciplinary work, innovative research methods, and non-traditional scholarly outputs. In the first part, the ALLEA Working Group E-Humanities addresses challenges in digital humanities, focusing on transparency in linking resources to publications, recognising updates as scholarly contributions, reevaluating […]
Job: Head of Publishing (LSE Press). Applications invited by Jan 7, 2024 | London School of Economics December 1, 2023
LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university Library Head of Publishing (LSE Press) Salary from £50,606 to £58,505 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £65,157 pa inclusive of London allowance LSE is a world-leading social science research institution with global impact. Launched in May 2018, LSE Press is a […]
Open Book Collective Development Fund: Scoping Survey | OBC Information Hub December 1, 2023
The Open Book Collective invites participants to complete our Collective Development Fund Scoping Survey. This survey is designed to help inform the way the Open Book Collective designs forthcoming grant funding calls for its ‘Collective Development Fund’. This fund will be issuing around £100,000 in grant funding between early 2024 and early 2026 to Open […]
Controlled Digital Lending New Projects Showcase November 30, 2023
"Interested in what’s happening with the library practice of Controlled Digital Lending? Catch up on new projects & see how libraries are using CDL to reach their patrons in a webinar co-sponsored by Library Futures and the Internet Archive."