The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound change brought about by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? Survey of the structure of the publishing field in Britain and the United States…
'Open Access and the Humanities' is essential reading for all who work in the humanities. It gives a clear summary of the histories of open, online access to research; the specific challenges and benefits to the humanities; and the controversies that have raged about scholarly c…
This book deals with the possibilities that the internet offers to publish under "open access": digital, online, free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
"Academic institutions are facing a crisis in scholarly publishing at multiple levels: presses are stressed as never before, library budgets are squeezed, faculty are having difficulty publishing their work, and promotion and tenure committees are facing a range of new ways of w…
"Academic institutions are facing a crisis in scholarly publishing at multiple levels: presses are stressed as never before, library budgets are squeezed, faculty are having difficulty publishing their work, and promotion and tenure committees are facing a range of new ways of w…