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Francesco Luzzini deposited Quando il mondo scalò il Sublime. Scienza e storia nel primo Memoriale dell’Hotel Nave d’Oro di Predazzo (1820-1875) in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoIn the 19th century, a unique combination of scientific, social, political and cultural factors attracted crowds of visitors from all over the world to the Dolomite Mountains. This phenomenon had its epicenter in Fiemme Valley and in the town of Predazzo, where Michele Giacomelli and his family hosted a great number of these travelers in their…[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.
Possible topics may include, but are not limited…[Read more] -
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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Sarah Lowengard started the topic Reading/listening/watching recommendations? in the discussion
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoI wonder if you–historians of technology/historians of sciences/science studies specialists, and others on this list–can recommend useful readings regarding scientific practices and nostalgia. This is to help me with some research into some events taking place between about 1860 & 1960. I’m good on nostalgia in objects, and on the idea of…[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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Hélène Huet started the topic POSITION VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: History Librarian at the University of Florida in the discussion
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoThe University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries seek a candidate for the History Librarian position who will be primarily responsible for the overall development, management, and coordination of the Libraries’ resources in all formats for history. The primary collection management focus of this position is general history but a k…[Read more]
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Marco Heiles deposited Bibliographie der Drucke und Werke Peter Jordans in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoPeter Jordan war von 1531 bis 1535 als Buchdrucker in Mainz aktiv. In seiner Presse entstanden zum einen gegenreformatorische Schriften wie eine Schmähschrift gegen Luther, Predigten und eine deutsche Bibelübersetzung, zum anderen aber auch deutschsprachige Wissens- und Gebrauchstexte, bspw. zum Kurbaden, zur Tintenherstellung, zur K…[Read more]
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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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Elisabeth Moreau deposited Atoms, Mixture, and Temperament in Early Modern Medicine: The Alchemical and Mechanical Views of Sennert and Beeckman in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoCentred on the eclectic sources of early modern neo-atomistic medicine, this chapter examines the physiological theory of German alchemist Daniel Sennert (1572–1637) and Dutch engineer Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637). Both university-trained physicians, they followed Galenic medicine in explaining the structure and functioning of the human body at the…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick deposited Dissertating in Public in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoKathleen Fitzpatrick analyses the sudden isolation graduate students find themselves in during the dissertation process. In the humanities, she observes, graduate students are regularly habituated into an anxiety of intellectual independence whereby sharing ideas, collaboration and publishing work in progress is to be considered suspect and…[Read more]
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Subaveerapandiyan A deposited Plagiarism Software is a Creator or Destroyer for Effective Writing in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoPlagiarism is malpractice, the fabrication of others’ “ideas or work” published without the proper permission or
citation of the original contributors. Plagiarism is detected through different software, i.e., Turnitin, before publishing
any research data. The present survey study assesses whether academicians, researchers, and scholars aroun…[Read more] -
Luis Ernesto Paz Enrique deposited Publicaciones seriadas sobre desarrollo comunitario en América Latina y el Caribe. Diseño de la revista Intervención Comunitaria in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoLas revistas científicas constituyen instancias que contribuyen a la institucionalización y consolidación de campos científicos particulares. El campo científico de los estudios sociales sobre el desarrollo comunitario en América Latina y
el Caribe cuenta con pocas publicaciones seriadas abiertas a la aceptación y el diálogo entre paradig…[Read more] -
Luis Ernesto Paz Enrique deposited Entrevista ofrecida por Luis Ernesto Paz Enrique al periódico Horizontes del Bibluitecario (Cuba) in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoMe defino como un profesional dedicado a la actividad informativa, devenido en profesor y apasionado por la especialidad. Soy graduado de Ciencias de la Información desde el 2015 por la Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas (UCLV). Formé parte de la cuarta graduación de profesionales del centro país dentro del curso regular diurno…[Read more]
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