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Heather Thaxter deposited ‘Broadcasting Change: in empathic dialogue with Duffy and Jennings’s graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower’ in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoAbstract: “Broadcasting change: in empathic dialogue with Duffy and Jennings’s graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower,” analyzes the medium-specificity of the adaptation by applying a combined theoretical approach that incorporates cognitive narratology and narrative empathy. A discursive dialogue between the two media…[Read more]
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Timothy W. Elfenbein deposited The Challenge of Metadata Distribution for Open-Access Books in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoIntroduction for the Challenges of Metadata Distribution for Open-Access Books session.
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Tom Mosterd replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoHi everyone, we have a new vacancy at the DOAB & OAPEN for the role of Community Manager, responsible for the development of and engagement with our library community. This is a full-time position. OAPEN and DOAB have their offices in The Hague in the Netherlands, but the position is open to working remotely.
Application deadline by March 31st.…[Read more]
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David Watson replied to the topic Is there a list of Open Monograph schemes? in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months agoMany thanks for this assistance!
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Jonathan Valk deposited Crime and Punishment: Deportation in the Levant in the Age of Assyrian Hegemony in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months agoAssyrian imperialism is closely associated with the practice of mass deportation. This practice has been explained by recourse to many different motivations. But can we hope to pinpoint the logic informing deportation rather than merely identifying its advantages? This paper surveys the evidence of deportation in the Levant in the period 745–620 B…[Read more]
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Tobias Steiner replied to the topic Is there a list of Open Monograph schemes? in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months agoHi David, that’s indeed an excellent question, and just to add to John’s mention of the OATP, there’s also an option to narrow one’s search down via boolean operators, so searching for oa.business_models AND oa.books will provide you with a more specific version of the list that John mentioned…[Read more]
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Is there a list of Open Monograph schemes? in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years agoHi David, excellent question! John makes a great suggestion with OATP, which is really useful in keeping up with new announcements and current developments. The difficulty with any online list is keeping it up to date — as you note, there are a lot of new initiatives like Path To Open launching at the moment. My colleague Tom Grady and I recently…[Read more]
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John Sherer replied to the topic Is there a list of Open Monograph schemes? in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years agoPeter Suber created the OA Tracking Project
If you search by tags of business models, you get a pretty good list (including the new Path to Open)
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David Watson started the topic Is there a list of Open Monograph schemes? in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThere’s now a fair number of different Open Monograph schemes, running different models or variations of models – and new schemes keep launching, ie ‘Path to Open‘ that just launched. This is great, but does mean it’s difficult to keep track of what the current OA monograph landscape looks like.
Is there anywhere a list of these different schemes?
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Tom Mosterd replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoHello, we’re looking for a Finance & Administration Officer to join the OAPEN Team (fluent in Dutch and English). The Finance & Administration Officer will help us with the financial management of OAPEN’s operational and project activities. More…[Read more]
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David Olmsted deposited Lachish Ivory Comb Text Translation From Minoan Linear A (1650 BCE) in the group
Near Eastern Archaeology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoThe text signs on this comb are Minoan Linear A and not the Proto-Canaanite of Serabit el-Khadim as claimed in its 2022 archaeology report. Like most pre-classical linear texts found by archaeology, the language of this text is Akkadian which was the language of the Neolithic farming culture which spread into Europe from the Near-East starting…[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 3 years, 2 months agoHi all, next Thursday (17th November) at 3pm GMT we’re looking forward to speaking with OABN stalwart Eric Hellman at our next boOkmArks event, about his work with Project Gutenberg and Distributed Proofreaders and how these experiences have informed his perspectives on the early days of open access and more recent developments in OA books.
Eric…[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 3 years, 2 months agoHi all, next week we’re really looking forward to talking to Christina Drummond and Lucy Montgomery to discuss the OAeBU Usage Data project and the new developments the work will take over the coming years:
Wednesday 9th November, 1pm GMT, ‘Open Access Usage Data: Present Knowledge, Future Developments’: Sign up here!
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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 3 years, 3 months agoHi all, join us for an OA Week event on climate justice and open access books on Tuesday next week:
25th October, 3pm BST, ‘Lowering the Barriers to Climate Research: Climate Change and OA Books’: during Open Access Week, we’ll bring together a panel including authors, publishers and campaigners to discuss the impact of open access books relat…[Read more]
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Subaveerapandiyan A deposited A Study of Obstacles in Plagiarism Software Subscribing by Colleges in Tamil Nadu in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 3 months agoThis article attempts to comprehend the current issues and hurdles that Indian colleges affiliated with Tamil Nadu State Universities encounter when trying to subscribe to a software that detects plagiarism. The study’s goals are to determine whether colleges employ anti-plagiarism software, whether they ensure that their student-given a…[Read more]
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Julia Rhyder deposited “Festivals and Violence in 1 and 2 Maccabees: Hanukkah and Nicanor’s Day,” Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel, 10, no. 1 (2021): 63–76. in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 3 years, 3 months agoThis article analyzes the nexus between collective violence, temple violation, and military glory in 1 and 2 Maccabees by comparing two festivals established in the context of revolt and guerilla warfare; namely, Hanukkah and Nicanor’s Day. It argues that the accounts of the origins of these two festivals in 1 and 2 Maccabees reinforce the close c…[Read more]
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Martins Uze E. Tugbokorowei deposited Obiorah Momife and the Sojourn of Garlands in a Tempestuous World: A Review of So Far Away, Eyes of the One Who Loves and Where Two Roads Meet by Obiorah Momife in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 3 months agoA review of three poetry collections by Obiorah Momife titled So Far Away, Eyes of the One Who Loves and Where Two Roads Meet. The three books contain some of the most pungent poems penned by any poet in contemporary Nigeria. They are witty and engaging just as they inspire the reader to take steps to change the present decadent situation that…[Read more]
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