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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic How to use the Open Access Books Network in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoHi all,
Just a quick note to flag that we’ve switched off the Events calendar function on the site. People weren’t engaging with it, so instead of spending time updating it we’ll be focused on coordinating talks and workshops, fostering discussion, and making more people aware of this network. Anyone interested in a calendar of OA events might…[Read more]
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Pablo Markin started the topic OERs, Benefits and Perceptions in the discussion
Open Access Books Network via email on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoDear All,
In her recent post, Mirela Roncevic discusses Open Educational Resources (OERs), the complexities these entail, the benefits of OERs for faculty and students, such as the removal of cost-barriers to course development and enrolment, and the roles that libraries can play with regard to OER publishing, discoverability and awareness:…[Read more]
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Christina Drummond replied to the topic Book usage and book usage data in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoFYI: the OA eBook Usage Data Trust effort is moving towards establishing formal community governance next year to work alongside a Secretariat support staff. The project just released an RFP for an organization to host the Secretariat (and the project) in the next phase. You can learn more and access the RFP via Kevin Hawkin’s announcement . You…[Read more]
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Melia Wong started the topic American Musicological Society – 87th Annual Meeting! in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoJoin us for the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society (AMS)! To be held online on November 11-12 and 20-21, the AMS Annual Meeting features four full days of presentations, performances, workshops and networking events. Students are welcome. Explore the conference program and register now.
Become an AMS member to save up to…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker started the topic Revenue has been updated! in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoGood news – our Revenue module has had an update and is now current through July ’21. Which hitmakers saw a boost in sales during quarantine? Find out now! http://revenue.musicid.academicrightspress.com/index.htm
The mathematician who manages Revenue and Impact, Steve Hawtin, typically updates the module 2-4 times a year, but for obvious reasons,…[Read more]
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Pablo Markin started the topic Creative Commons, copyright in the discussion
Open Access Books Network via email on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months agoDear All,
Creative Commons licensing, on which Open Access largely relies, can be complex to handle in the context of private-public partnerships or publisher-side commercial reuse alongside author-side copyright retention. Likewise, as intellectual property rights are governed by geography-bound copyright legislation, their harmonization is…[Read more]
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Pablo Markin started the topic Reproducibility, Open Science in the discussion
Open Access Books Network via email on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoDear All,
In this podcast episode, Matthew Ismail talks to immunologist Ewoud Compeer of the University of Oxford about the reproducibility crisis and how Open Science and Open Access can help to enhance the reproducibility of scientific research:…[Read more]
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic OA and translations in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoHi Philippa, I’d be happy to discuss this — at OBP we have been approached by people interested in translating our OA books and I could talk through how we deal with this. Essentially, if the book is licensed CC BY then anyone can produce a translation as long as appropriate attribution is given, although it would also be best practice to say…[Read more]
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic A Plan S for books: Voices from the Community in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoHi all: the summaries from our Voices from the OA Books Community series are now available (thanks to the support of SPARC Europe) and will remain open until 12 August: https://openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons-staging.org/2021/07/22/voices-from-the-oa-books-community-summary-the-great-polyphony/
Many thanks to all who contributed to the sessions!
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Larisa Mann deposited Savage intimacy, deviant safety: surveillance technology and club culture in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoDance music is a medium and social practice that has in some cases functioned as a site of refuge for people and communities whom mainstream society marks “deviant” or “uncivilized. Foundational movements in dance music emerge from particular spaces and times where communities are able to center bodies and practices that subvert or contradict…[Read more]
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Larisa Mann deposited Embodied Meaning in Jamaican Popular Music in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months ago(First paragraph): “Any DJ could tell you that you don’t know what music really means until you see it in people’s bodies. A DJ establishes a relationship between audio recordings and the crowd, responding to the speed and intensity of their movements, the symbolism of physical attitudes and gestures, their vocalizations, and the simple pre…[Read more]
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Tom Mosterd replied to the topic OA Policy Statements from Presses in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoHi John,
I’ve had a read through and think it is a really thoughtful and well-balanced vision and policy considering some of the current challenges and opportunities for opening up books. I’m not too familiar with similar visions and policies, some of the fully OA publishers do have a clear vision statement and the University of Michigan Press…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker started the topic CFP: MusicID Digital Research Fellowship 2021 in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoMusicID Digital Research Fellowship 2021
Call for Proposals
Deadline: August 1, 2021
MusicID is pleased to announce its fourth annual Digital Research Fellowship in popular music studies.MusicID is an academic platform that compiles current and historical music industry data in a single, easy-to-use source. MusicID Data gives researchers direct…[Read more]
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John Sherer started the topic OA Policy Statements from Presses in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoHello all,
Here at the University of North Carolina Press we’ve just published an OA Policy on our web site.
I’m curious whether other publishers (for whom OA is only a part of their program) have done this. In preparing this, I did some scans of publisher web sites…[Read more]
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic bOokmArks events – Open Conversations about Open Access Books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoThe recording of our boOkmArks event with Janneke Adema, Marcell Mars & Toby Steiner of the COPIM Project on experimental OA book publishing is now available! Many thanks to our speakers for a fascinating session & to the audience for coming and bringing your questions: https://youtube.com/watch?v=V5mbp48ZXIw
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Kathryn Straker started the topic Presentation THIS FRIDAY for MEIEA Meets in the discussion
MusicID Community on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months agoColleague Craig Hamilton, who moderated our recent panel at the 2021 MEIEA Summit, will be doing a presentation this Friday at 12 ET for the summer MEIEA Meet! The event is free for MEIEA members. Please join us for a great chance to learn some key concepts of data literacy and get an exclusive preview of his “Future is Now” module, which…[Read more]
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