Humanities Scholars and Library-Based Digital Publishing: New Forms of Publication, New Audiences, New Publishing Roles

A new framework for digital publishing decisions

Developments in publishing are drawing publishers into an area where it is becoming more and more difficult to assess by conventional methods whether a given activity or product is financially a good thing or not. The article looks at the reasons for this and proposes a new financial framework for decisions for publishers to ensure continued profitability as their activities develop. Learned Pu...

Developments Towards a new Digital Publishing Model

The McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center (http://mcgovern.library.tmc.edu), a unit within the Houston Academy of Medicine Texas Medical Center Library (HAM-TMC Library), is building a web-based digital library of medical history concentrating on the State of Texas and the Texas Medical Center. Our goals are to increase the awareness and utilization of the large, rare, and cultura...

Typesetting or Electronic Publishing ? New trends in scienti c publication *

W ci agu ostatnich 15 lat sk lad tekstu wspomagany komputerowo ca lkowicie wyeliminowa l stosowanie tradycyjnych technik drukarskich. Obecnie stoimy przed jeszcze bardziej radykaln a rewolucj a technologiczn a, jak a stanowi pojawienie si e wydawnictw elektronicznych (electronic publishing { w skr ocie e.p.). * This paper was rst presented as an invited talk at a combined meeting of the Polish ...

Exploring new ways of publishing: a library-faculty partnership.

New Scholars Writing for Publication.

A spiring scholars rightly recognize publication of their first peer-reviewed paper as a critical career milestone. It signals active engagement with the discourse in a field and contribution to the body of knowledge. As editors, we celebrate along with those who receive a decision letter beginning with “Congratulations!”, even as we also applaud the efforts of all students advancing into the p...