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Martins Uze E. Tugbokorowei deposited Culture and National Development in Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoNigeria as a developing country is on the fast track to the attainment of development, or supposedly so. In this endeavour, priority is inevitably placed on science and technology as the only routes for the attainment of this dream. Such one track minded disposition is mouthed to the exclusion of other factors that contribute to the development of…[Read more]
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Martins Uze E. Tugbokorowei deposited Mangrove Forest Folklore and the Drama of J. P. Clark-Bekederemo in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoThe drama of the Niger Delta region has enjoyed robust scholarship. This essay interrogates J. P. Clark-Bekederemo’s drama against the cultural milieu of the region and tries to investigate the connections between the rich folklore of the area and the wealth of poetry and imagery contained in his drama. The essay investigates the terrain,…[Read more]
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Fernando Heredia-Sánchez deposited Una propuesta de WebQuest para la formación en competencias mediáticas e informacionales desde las bibliotecas universitarias in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoInnovative university libraries need to create suitable environments to provide training in media and information skills. The WebQuest is a teaching resource adaptable to any educational level which has proven its usefulness in the university context. A WebQuest designed to facilitate knowledge and awareness of the importance of media and…[Read more]
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoACLS is hiring a Project Manager, Higher Education Initiatives: Publishing Initiatives (2-year term) based in New York, to ‘focus on instigating changes in the book publishing ecosystem that would strengthen the goals of the mission-driven constituencies involved, while addressing the risk factors and constituents’ concerns that currently stand a…[Read more]
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Gary Hall deposited Defund Culture in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoThe spread of the Omicron variant this winter was met with renewed calls for the UK Government to fund the arts and culture through the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic and beyond. ‘We are in crisis mode’, Nicolas Hytner, former artistic director of the National Theatre, told the BBC’s Newsnight programme. ‘We need to see short-term finance, we need to see loa…[Read more]
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Tom Mosterd replied to the topic Announcements in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoHi all,
Sharing on behalf of the IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group: The IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group is seeking proposals for 5-minute lightning talks to be presented at its Open Session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2022 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Donald Guadagni deposited OPTIMIZING L2 CURRICULUM FOR CHINA STATE EDUCATION in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoThis paper outlines and details historical L2 curriculum development for segments of China’s State education system over a ten-year period beginning with the start of the Sino – Foreign joint programs classes in 2011. A two-year post assessment from 2015~2017. Tracking students continuing test results for both the CET (College English Test) ser…[Read more]
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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, 9 months agoOpen Position: The OAPEN Foundation is looking for a Project Manager to help with promoting and supporting the transition to open access for academic books. Responsibilities include participation in project activities, supporting technical operations, services and assisting with financial administration of the foundation. Full-time…[Read more]
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Luis de Orueta deposited Las Hermanas Livermore in the group
Open Access Publishing on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoEspaña, a finales del siglo XVIII, todavía era un imperio colonial. El comercio con las provincias de ultramar estimulaba la venida de irlandeses, prusianos, suecos, holandeses, marselleses y sobre todo ingleses, que fundaban Casas de Comercio con españoles. Pero con la aparición de Napoleón en la escena europea, Inglaterra impuso el “blo…[Read more]
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Manuel Loyola deposited 200 años después. Los Andes en la encrucijada de las Independencias. Panamá, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Chile, España in the group
Open Access Publishing on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoEntre los años 2020-2022 se han llevado a cabo diversos eventos conmemoratorios de las independencias nacionales, regionales o locales, sin que se haya efectuado un encuentro que los englobara. Este fue el objetivo del Seminario Internacional 200 años después. Los Andes en la encrucijada de las Independencias (Sevilla, diciembre 2021) que ahora da…[Read more]
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Manuel Loyola deposited Jorge Insunza Becker. Escritos políticos e ideológicos 1960-2012. Medio siglo de pensamiento comunista, T.4 in the group
Open Access Publishing on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoJorge Insunza Becker (21 de abril de 1936-17 de marzo de 2019) fue uno de los principales dirigentes del Partido Comunista chileno desde los años 60. Ingresó a las Juventudes Comunistas en 1954. En 1962 fue promovido al Comité Central del PC y desde 1965 fue parte de su Comisión Política, aquella que encabezó el triunfo de Salvador Allende de 19…[Read more]
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Bonnie Russell replied to the topic Announcements in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoFantastic news!
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Announcements in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoHi all, Tom, Agata and I are pleased to announce that the OABN has become an OPERAS Special Interest Group (SIG), and as such it is now formally supported by OPERAS, the European Research Infrastructure supporting open scholarly communication in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in the European Research Area.
The OABN will continue to…[Read more]
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Accessibility of OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoI’ve been doing some more digging into accessibility resources and have found the following:
– Improving the Accessibility of your Mainstream Digital Content, which seems to be a wealth of resources from the Inclusive Publishing group, coordinated by the DAISY consortium: https://inclusivepublishing.org/about-the-inclusive-publishing-hub/
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Luca Baffa replied to the topic Accessibility of OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoAt OBP we have adapted our InDesign-based workflow to produce accessible EPUBs. So far it has been a mixture of adopting some new typesetting practices and doing some post-production work. It’s still a work in process, if anyone has comments on this I am all ears!
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Sebastian Nordhoff replied to the topic Accessibility of OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoWe have recently discovered that pdfs produced with LaTeX have a certain treatment that does not interface well with common screenreaders for visually impaired people. Fixing this is actually a major project and will get pretty gory. We will not have the funds available at LangSci to do this on our own, but we might apply for some funding. If you…[Read more]
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Accessibility of OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoThis channel was set up after the Open Cafe discussion on the accessibility of OA books, at which a number of links were shared, so I will drop them here for future reference:
– EU directive on accessibility, coming into force in 2025: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L0882
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Lucy Barnes started the topic Accessibility of OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoThis is a place to discuss or share information about any aspect of the accessibility of open access books: standards, technical solutions, negotiating with service providers, collective strategies, and more!
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Business Models for Open Access Books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoNEW COLLECTION: Myself and François van Schalkwyk of African Minds have put together a collection of OA book publisher business models, with contributions from a number of presses. The collection is here: https://oabooksbusinessmodels.pubpub.org/
We’re keen to add to it, so if your press might be interested in contributing, take a look at the…[Read more]
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