« (…) ScholarLed comprises a group of independent and scholar-led Open Access book publishers who joined forces in a collaborative endeavour to share (often tacit) knowledge, experiences, and book publishing practices, while also collaborating on shared goals under the emerging principle of what now has become known as ‘scaling small’ (see…
« (…) in this blog post, we want to focus on university presses and how our platform can assist them in bringing science closer to being easily accessible, open and transparent. (…) »
« The SciELO Program celebrates 20 years of activity in full process of alignment with the advances of Open Science. For this reason, on September 24th and 25th, eight specialized working groups (WG) have been organized. WG8 will analyze one of the classic types of scientific literature – the academic book.
…« Our new report: Changing publishing ecologies: A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing maps the rise of new university presses and academic-led presses in the UK. (…) »
« Longtemps cantonnées à un cercle d’initiés, les presses universitaires, structures d’édition portées par les universités et les organismes de recherche, évoluent et cherchent un nouveau public. Avec pour objectif de « projeter l’université dans la cité ». (…) »
« Two major new reports published demonstrate that the future of the academic book is at a major crossroad. With the number of new book proposals growing rapidly but sales per title continuing to fall, the future of the academic book looks uncertain.
The findings of the two-year research initiative, funded…
« The Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Association of American University Presses (AAUP) are implementing a new initiative to advance the wide dissemination of scholarship by humanities and humanistic social sciences faculty members by publishing free, open access, digital editions of peer-reviewed and professionally edited…
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The new era of the university press: The critical role of established presses (Mandy Hill) New university presses in the UK: Accessing a mission (Andrew Lockett and Lara Speicher) The past, present, and future of American university presses: A view from the left coast (Alison Mudditt)…» The Association of American University Presses is pleased to announce the receipt of a $50,200 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the development of a tool to capture and project the costs of publishing digital scholarly monographs.
The AAUP Digital Monograph P+L…
« … Ce sujet a été abordé au Salon du livre 2015, lors de conférences organisées au sein de l’’espace Savoir & connaissances, dédié « aux acteurs qui produisent, éditent et diffusent des contenus dans l’enseignement supérieur ». Mais tout d’abord, une première table ronde, animée par Karine Papillaud,…
