Reports from the Field

Thoughts on My DLF Forum 2012 Fellowship

by Alix November 19, 2012

I had a fantastic time as a Forum Fellow at the Digital Library Federation Forum 2012, and am very grateful to DLF for the opportunity.   I was also fortunate to be assigned a mentor: Jenn Riley, the head of the Carolina Digital Library and Archives at the University of North Carolina. Jenn was wonderful about ...

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O’Reilly TOC Mini-Conference

by Alix April 13, 2012

Several MPublishing members recently returned from a mini-conference in Chicago. Jason Colman from Digital Publishing Production sums it up for us:   Along with two other MPublishing staff, I made the trek to Chicago for the O’Reilly Tools of Change Mini-Conference on April 9th. The Mini TOC made for an interesting mix of folks from ...

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“Once More with Feeling”: How MLA Found its Heart

by Korey Jackson January 16, 2012

Ah, MLA. Your reputation for pre-interview angst, post-interview binging, self-important Q&A sessions, obtuseness and obscurantism has put you on many scholars’ non-grata list (at least those not professionally obligated to attend). This year, however, avoiders missed what felt like the stirrings of a sea change: the MLA’s heart (like a post-holiday Grinch) grew at least ...

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Thoughts on THATCamp Publishing

by Korey Jackson November 7, 2011

The MPublishing team recently returned from THATCamp Publishing in Baltimore, MD. For the uninitiated, THAT (for “The Humanities and Technology”) Camp is a new breed of “unconference” attempting to move beyond the stand-and-deliver (and sit-and-listen) variety of academic conferences many of us are used to. Instead, the mission is collective discussion and concerted sharing around ...

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New Collaborations & Ideas: EBMs Inspire Academic Libraries

by terri May 18, 2011

Terri Geitgey is the Manager of Library Print Services at MPublishing. On April 4 & 5, she attended the Coalition for Networked Information spring meeting in San Diego, California. I attended the Coalition for Networked Information spring meeting to do a co-presentation with staff from the University of Utah Library on our respective experiences with ...

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Enriching Scholarship: The Care and Keeping of eBooks

by rebecca May 11, 2011

On May 4, I taught an Enriching Scholarship session called The Care and Keeping of eBooks. The title–which I made up when I proposed the session back in December–may not be the best description of what we did. The workshop was really more like “The Dissection and Creation of eBooks.” My goals were that the ...

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A review of DrupalCon 2011: trends, lessons, and the future of Drupal

by Bryan Smith March 23, 2011

Reports from the Field: This post is by Bryan Smith, applications programmer in the Publishing Technology Group at MPublishing, who recently attended DrupalCon 2011, an international conference about the open source content management software, Drupal. Approximately 3,000 DrupalCon 2011 attendees took over the Chicago’s Sheraton Hotel and Towers between Tuesday, March 8th through Thursday, March ...

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Four Takes on Tools of Change 2011

by Shana March 2, 2011

Four MPublishing staff attended Tools of Change for Publishing 2011: Publishing Without Boundaries earlier this month. Here is a roundup of what each of us found most interesting, provocative, and relevant to our work in university-based digital publishing. Kevin Hawkins Head, Digital Publishing Production There was a lot of buzz at TOCCON 2011.  During the ...

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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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