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Dr. Rakshit Madan Bagde deposited Thoughts on the Economic life of the Tathagata Buddha in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years agoThe economic system is the cornerstone of social development. Its economic system has remained at the root of the progressive development of human civilization. A country, society or caste; Social, political and cultural upliftment is mainly based on the progress of its economic resources and facilities. In a country without these facilities,…[Read more]
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Asa Simon Mittman deposited Asa Simon Mittman, Anti-Race? The Need for Colour-Sightedness in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, in A Cultural History of Race in the Renaissance and Early Modern Age, ed. Kim Coles and Dorothy Kim, 2022 in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years agoFew studies in medieval and Renaissance cartography focus on race, in part owing to the genealogical issues discussed above, and in part owing to the racist origins and practices of the disciple of art history that normalizes seeing whiteness as both default norm an universal ideal. Johann Joachim Winckelmann, the founder who gave the discipline…[Read more]
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Arthur Boston deposited A Recommendation of Nine Research Funder Policies & Principles in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 4 years agoOutlined below is a bundle of nine policies and principles that are recommended for research funders and grantees. A wide-enactment of this bundle could lead to a quiet improvement in scientific communication. While well-intentioned, funding mandates that focus on making published articles (or their preprints) available as open access objects…[Read more]
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Ignacio Cabello Llano deposited Epidemias y pandemias en la Historia in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years agoCómo citar: Ignacio Cabello Llano (coord.), «Epidemias y pandemias en la Historia», en Fontes Medii Aevi, 05/10/2021, en línea: https://fontesmediae.hypotheses.org/tag/epidemias.
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Emma Gallon replied to the topic New editions of OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years agoHi John, Hi Lucy,
Many thanks to you both! The archiving approach described by Lucy and Sebastian sounds to be a good way forward (and I’ll drop Ellen a quick email as I’d be keen to hear her perspective too – thanks).
All best,
Emma
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic New editions of OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years agoHi Emma,
My colleague Laura at OBP confirms that our approach is similar to Sebastian’s. We:
– Archive old editions (and state ‘Archived’ on the title. See: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/1096)
– Delete prices and purchase options to avoid readers purchasing an edition that is not up to date.
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John Sherer replied to the topic New editions of OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years agoHi Emma,
My colleague at UNC Press, Ellen Bush, has some experience with this if you wanted a university-press perspective. She can be reached at Ellen.bush@uncpress.org.
John Sherer
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Emma Gallon replied to the topic New editions of OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years agoHi Sebastian,
Thanks so much – this is really helpful!
All best,
Emma
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Sebastian Nordhoff replied to the topic New editions of OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years agoHi Emma,
see here:
https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/22
https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/25
https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/144
Former versions are available for reference. We provide back and forward links between the versions. Superseded book have a different cover image. We strive to have backlinks in the DOIs as well. We…[Read more]
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Emma Gallon started the topic New editions of OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years agoHello and happy new year! I was wondering if anybody has any experience in publishing new editions of open access books, and would be happy for me to get in touch about this? I have a couple of questions about best practice specifically for OA books around taking down the old edition from third-party and our platforms (or not!) and it would be…[Read more]
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Thijs Porck deposited Let Them Be Vlogged! Video Assignments for the Old English Classroom in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoA brief article reporting on an educational strategy to use video assignments on Exeter Book Riddles for an Old English course.
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Thijs Porck deposited Beowulf: A Dutch Paper Doll Pirate History (1934) in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoReports on the existence of a set of paper dolls based on the Old English poem Beowulf, published in various Dutch newspapers in the 1930s.
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Thijs Porck deposited De Middeleeuwen in Midden-aarde. J.R.R. Tol- kien en zijn Oudengelse inspiratiebronnen in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoA Dutch article that discusses some of the Old English sources that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Stephen Hewer deposited Legal Identity and 13th-Century English Ireland in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoThe study of legal status in 13th-century English Ireland has suffered from a lack of law-in-action methodology, so many 19th-century assumptions have endured without critique. This article sorts out defensive pleas and petitions from court judgments, and applies decolonial and intersectional feminist methodologies to the terminology regarding the…[Read more]
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Arthur Boston deposited Yeezy taught me in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoIn a talk given during London Open Research Week 2021, Arthur J. Boston, the Scholarly Communication Librarian at Murray State University, described parallels between the music industry and academic publishing, especially as it relates to open science and early career researchers. Below, you can find both…[Read more]
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Markus Putnings replied to the topic Open infrastructure for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoHi Eric, again short answer (above a certain number of characters or links my postings here unfortunately don’t seem to work): yes, we use Pandoc among others. See https://gitlab.com/sciflow/development/-/milestones and for technical questions or cooperations best contact Mr. Eichler or Mr. Borchert.
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Markus Putnings replied to the topic Open infrastructure for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoHm somehow the posting here doesn’t work. Here in the absolutely rudimentary version: I would like to ask all publishers and editors who may be represented here in ‘Open infrastructure for OA books’ (commercial, institutional, professional societies, OJS/OMP series, series via repositories, etc.) to answer the survey on further requirements…[Read more]
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Pablo Markin started the topic Hosting platforms, Open Access, Creative Commons licenses in the discussion
Open Access Books Network via email on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoDear All,
Hosting platforms for Open Access publications, e.g., OAPEN, differ significantly in the presence of various Creative Commons licenses through which the book titles are available in likely reflection of their take-up by the publishing industry:…[Read more]
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