July 2011

MPublishing Says Farewell to Ari Friedlander and Greg Grossmeier

by Shana July 28, 2011

Ari Friedlander, who has been Outreach Coordinator for the Text Creation Partnership since July 2010, has accepted the position of Mellon Visiting Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Davis. For the last year, Ari has served as the face of the TCP, representing our work to current and future partners, writing press ...

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Our thoughts on “Crowdsourcing and Variant Digital Editions —some troubles ahead”

by rebecca July 21, 2011

On July 18, the JISC Digitisation Programme published a thought-provoking blog post about the growing number of platforms and portals through which users can access (and potentially edit) digital resources, such as those produced by the TCP. The post asks, If there are multiple versions of the original content, then which one is the one ...

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June Serials Round-Up

by rebecca July 19, 2011

June saw a flurry of new content released across disciplines, genres, and publishing models. Here’s what’s new halfway through 2011: ARKIVOC, an online journal of organic chemistry, published 19 articles in June. This open access journal, hosted at MPublishing since 2009, is published by ARKAT USA, and has recently undertaken a publishing partnership with King ...

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University of Michigan hosts HASTAC Conference on Digital Scholarly Communication

by admin July 18, 2011

HASTAC has issued a call for proposals for the 2011 HASTAC V Conference.  The theme this year is digital scholarly communication: the topics they seek  include (among other things) copyright challenges, expanding the digital arts to include humanities (and vice-versa), new forms of research in the digital humanities, and strategies for digital scholarly communication. MPublishing’s ...

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Read two UM Press novels FREE on Facebook this summer!

by The University of Michigan Press July 18, 2011

Starting today, July 18, all you have to do is “like” the University of Michigan Press Facebook page and you’ll have access to ongoing chapters of two brand-new novels. Check in every week and you’ll have read all of both books by the end of the summer! Barbara Kingsolver said she read Marjorie Cole’s Spell ...

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MPublishing’s Shana Kimball invited to speak at KIT/CLIR International Roundtable for Library and Information Science

by admin July 15, 2011

Shana Kimball, head of publishing services, outreach, & strategic development for MPublishing, recently spoke at the 2011 KIT (Kanazawa Institute of Technology)/CLIR (Council of Library and Information Resources) International Roundtable for Library and Information Science.  This annual event, which focuses on the role of IT in enhancing the educational role of research libraries, brings five ...

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MPublishing Presents Copyright Camp!

by admin July 8, 2011

Are you interested in how copyright affects your professional life? Do you miss the fun and welcoming atmosphere of summer camp? Then plan to join MPublishing at Copyright Camp, where we’ll provide a forum to discuss copyright and how it affects you on a daily basis. Copyright Camp will be an unconference-style event with an ...

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