Behind the Scenes

Unique Publishing Collaboration Results in Patient-Authored Book

by Meredith Kahn April 23, 2013

[NB: This article was written by Susan Topol, and is being shared via Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.] ICD Connection: Living with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator is a collection of stories that describe what it’s like to live with an ICD—a device that is implanted under the skin to treat life-threatening heart rhythms that can ...

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COinS: using semantic metadata to make our stuff more useful

by Bryan Smith October 4, 2011

MPublishing has gradually been rolling out a redesigned interface for many of our publications, including digitalculturebooks, The Journal of Electronic Publishing, and Feminist Studies. In addition to looking and behaving a whole lot nicer, this new design also incorporates some important new functionality. Each article or book now contains Dublin Core metadata stored in metadata tags and RDFa. ...

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‘Feminist Studies’ Backfile Now Online

by rebecca June 24, 2011

MPublishing has hosted the online version of Feminist Studies since 2009. This journal publishes research and criticism that address theoretical issues and offer analyses of interest to feminist scholars across disciplines. It features theoretically sophisticated essays that make an original contribution and advance interdisciplinary scholarship regarding women and/or gender. This week, the amount of Feminist Studies ...

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Behind the Scenes: Publishing for Many Devices, Readers

by Bryan Smith March 9, 2011

Last week, Thijs Niks (@ThijsNiks) tweeted enthusiasm for the Journal of Electronic Publishing‘s combined use of browser- and print-friendly layouts. (Thanks, Thijs!) “How do you do that?” he asked.   In reply, Bryan Smith of MPublishing’s Publishing Technology Group explains how we prepare content for consumption on screen(s) and in print: The Journal of Electronic ...

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Contributions to Digital Publishing Standards

by kevin July 23, 2010

Kevin Hawkins, SPO’s electronic publishing librarian, is serving as an invited expert on the EPUB Metadata Subgroup of the EPUB 2.1 Working Group, providing the perspective of the TEI Council (on which he serves) and of libraries. He is also co-editing Best Practices for TEI in Libraries, revisions of which are nearly complete.

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