February 2011

Reflections on the Code4Lib 2011 Conference

by Seth February 21, 2011

Reports from the Field: In this series, MPublishing staff share their thoughts & experiences with us from conferences, workshops, events and other collaborative projects. This post is by Seth Johnson, a programmer in the Publishing Technology Group at MPublishing, who recently attended Code4Lib. This year’s code4lib conference presented a dizzying array of information by and ...

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Update on the Textbook Initiative and Research at U-M

by admin February 18, 2011

What are University of Michigan student and faculty preferences in selecting and using textbooks? Natsuko Nicholls, MPublishing’s Research Area Specialist Associate, has been doing the research to answer this question.  Here is her latest update: As a follow-up to the Library’s 2009 textbook survey, this semester the Campus-wide E-textbook Working Group launched a Winter 2011 trial to ...

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American Physical Society Adopts Creative Commons Licenses

by Greg Grossmeier February 17, 2011

The American Physical Society (APS) is now giving all authors who publish in either Physical Review or Physical Review Letters the choice to publish their article as Libre Open Access. Open Access (OA) articles are article which can be read online without cost to the reader. Libre Open Access is when the article is not ...

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UM Press author on university hiring and mental disabilities quoted in Chronicle of Higher Education

by Heather February 15, 2011

University of Michigan Press writer Margaret Price, author of the new book Mad at School, recently appeared in an extensive story about mental disabilities on university campuses posted by the Chronicle of Higher Education. In the article, professor and author Benjamin Reiss writes, “Margaret Price makes clear in her book, Mad at School, influential voices ...

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MPublishing Staff Accept Leadership Roles

by Shana February 3, 2011

We’re pleased to share two pieces of news regarding the professional activities of MPublishing staff: Karen Hill, Assistant Director of the University of Michigan Press has been named to a three year term on Project Muse’s inaugural Book Publishing Working Group.  The group will provide Project Muse with input on initiatives and developments especially as ...

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Welcome Message from the Associate University Librarian for Publishing

by Maria February 3, 2011

Welcome to the blog of MPublishing! MPublishing is the hub of scholarly publishing at the University of Michigan, part of its dynamic and innovative university library. We are a group of publishers, librarians and technologists, working together to support scholarly communication and to publish and preserve the scholarly record. As an organization, we focus on ...

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