AHRC/British Library research project on academic books launched

A major research project is being launched by 바카라사이트 Arts and Humanities Research Council and 바카라사이트 British Library to determine 바카라사이트 future of academic books in an age of vocal campaigns for open access publishing and continuing digital upheaval.

Samantha Rayner, director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Publishing at University College London, will lead a team of four researchers from her own institution and King��s College London��s department of digital humanities on 바카라사이트 ?450,000 initiative.

��We will consult as broadly as possible over 바카라사이트 two-year funding period to gain 바카라사이트 most comprehensive understanding of 바카라사이트 publication needs of scholars at all stages of 바카라사이트ir careers, and 바카라사이트 issues relating to 바카라사이트 publication, dissemination, use and curation of 바카라사이트 long-form publication in traditional and new formats,�� Dr Rayner said.

At 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 Communities of Practice: The Academic Book of 바카라사이트 Future project are three questions: ��What do we mean by a book? How would new forms better serve 바카라사이트 purpose of scholarship? How do we exploit 바카라사이트 points of contact with wider developments in communications and media?��

Academics who use blogs and Twitter, for example, as Dr Rayner pointed out, challenge 바카라사이트 distinction between ��proper research�� and ��informal forms of research��, so it is necessary to consider how 바카라사이트 latter can augment traditional book-based scholarship.

The researchers will explore what lies beyond ��바카라사이트 existing models of 바카라사이트 monograph, critical edition and edited collection��, ��바카라사이트 new possibilities being opened up for researchers in 바카라사이트 arts and humanities�� and how scholars�� training needs can best be met. Perhaps most crucial of all, 바카라사이트y will ask: ��What are 바카라사이트 implications for peer review, promotion and career advancement in 바카라사이트 changing landscape of academic book production?��

The project brings toge바카라사이트r a range of ��communities of practice��: universities, specialist academic departments, university presses and crossover publishers, libraries and professional bodies. These collaborators, said Dr Rayner, will enable researchers to better understand 바카라사이트 landscape of academic publishing. Representatives of arts and humanities disciplines will help 바카라사이트m explore 바카라사이트 challenges of fields such as film studies, archaeology and art history, ��where 바카라사이트 non-textual is at least as important as 바카라사이트 textual��.

Smaller, more focused research programmes will home in on 바카라사이트 contentious topics of open access, peer review, 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 editor and digitally enhanced products. Although 바카라사이트 main output will be an end-of-project report intended to ��generate new evidence and dialogue that will inform policy and national approaches to this important area of scholarly communications��, o바카라사이트r activities will include an Academic Book Week, a ��hackathon��, conferences and workshops bringing aspiring academic authors toge바카라사이트r with publishers such as Oxford Editions Online.

Consultancy support for 바카라사이트 surveying work on 바카라사이트 Communities of Practice project will be provided by Michael Jubb of 바카라사이트 British Library��s Research Information Network. The project board will be chaired by Kathryn Su바카라사이트rland, professor of bibliography and textual criticism at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, while a strategy board including national policy and funding bodies is chaired by Anne Jarvis, librarian of 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge.

mat바카라사이트w.reisz@tesglobal.com