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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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Steve McCarty deposited Podcasting Reconsidered in the group
Digital Humanities East Asia on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoSlideshow for a forthcoming invited presentation. ABSTRACT: Podcasting originated as a new form of audio broadcasting, but by 2006, issues of ease of use, proprietary technology, and finances slowed its momentum. Now podcasting is more popular than ever. This presentation therefore traces the author’s initial and current CALL podcasting p…[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] -
Jeroen Sondervan deposited “Just doing it”: Five Talks on Digital Scholarship and Open Book Publishing in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoIn this post, Jeroen Sondervan reflects on the OA Workouts: Scholars at Work series he hosted for the Open Access Books Network, discussing what we learned and what others might draw from these examples of open scholarship.
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Christian Reinboth deposited DigiShop Harz – Dorfladen 2.0: Machbarkeitsstudie in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoEine funktionierende Nahversorgung mit Lebensmitteln und Gütern des alltäglichen Bedarfs ist ein wesentlicher Gelingensfaktor für eine als zufriedenstellend empfundene Lebenssituation in ländlichen Räumen. Aufgrund des demografischen Wandels sowie der Abwanderung in die alten Bundesländer, ergeben sich insbesondere in ländlichen Räumen in den neu…[Read more]
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Dr. Rakshit Madan Bagde deposited भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्थेची वाटचाल- एक अध्ययन (2014 ते 2020) in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 4 years agoजीडीपीमधील उद्योगातील वाटा स्थिर असला तरी त्यात लक्षणीय मूलभूत परिवर्तन झाले. या कालावधीत उत्पादन पुनर्गठनाची प्रक्रिया म्हणून, सकल मूल्य संयोजित असताना उत्पादन सध्याच्या किंमतींवर वार्षिक 8 टक्क्यांनी वाढले होते. त्यानंतर 2004-09 मध्ये सकल मूल्यवर्धित वाढीचा वेग वाढून 20 टक्के झाला. याच किंमतींवर वार्षिक परंतु लक्षणीय म्हणजे रोजगारामध्येही…[Read more]
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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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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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