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MPublishing launches Hacking the Academy

by admin September 9, 2011

We’re excited to announce the open-access version of Hacking the Academy, The Edited Volume.  The volume is forthcoming in print under the University of Michigan Press digitalculturebooks imprint. Hacking the Academy was assembled and edited by Dan Cohen and Tom Scheinfeldt from the best of over 300 submissions on how the academy could be beneficially reformed using digital media ...

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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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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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Interview with Julie Thompson Klein, Editor of New Digital Humanities Series at digitalculturebooks

by admin June 8, 2011

This Fall, digitalculturebooks will be releasing its first book in the new Digital Humanities Series. The purpose of this series is to “feature rigorous research that advances understanding of the nature and implications of the changing relationship between humanities and digital technologies.” MPublishing was able to sit down with one of the series editors and ...

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Four New digitalculturebooks Titles Now Available Online

by admin May 24, 2011

Four titles in our imprint, digitalculturebooks, have just been made available to view for free online through Creative Commons licenses (BY-NC-ND): Digital Rubbish: A Natural History of Electronics, by Jennifer Gabrys The American Literature Scholar in the Digital Age, edited by Amy E. Earhart and Andrew Jewell Home Truths? Video Production and Domestic Life, by ...

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Openness in Higher Education: The Copyright Office Heads to eCornucopia Conference

by admin May 12, 2011

Copyright law is, for good or for ill, now a part of the academic experience.  Learning about copyright and alternative models of distribution, such as Creative Commons and Open Access, is an important piece of effectively navigating the waters of the new educational reality. The third annual eCornucopia conference at Oakland University will examine specific ...

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MPublishing Staff to Present at Enriching Scholarship Conference

by admin April 28, 2011

Next week, May 2-6, the U-M Teaching and Technology Collaborative will host their annual conference, Enriching Scholarship, and invite “faculty and instructional staff to enhance their teaching and research by participating in a week of free seminars, workshops, demonstrations and other events drawing upon the expertise of faculty and instructional technology specialists from across campus. Enriching Scholarship offers sessions ...

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Great Lakes 2011 THATCamp

by admin April 22, 2011

This year’s Great Lakes THATCamp is just around the corner, and MPublishing staff are busy getting ready. The Great Lakes THATCamp (The Humanities And Technology Camp) is a user-generated “unconference” on digital humanities originally inspired by the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University. Great Lakes THATCamp will be held on ...

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In Memory of Richard W. Bailey

by admin April 20, 2011

MPublishing works in close collaboration with scholars, and we are saddened to announce the loss of a longtime partner and advocate on April 2. Richard W. Bailey, professor emeritus of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, published six monographs with the University of Michigan Press during his career. He also co-created an ...

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