The True Costs of Research and Publishing
Kathryn M. Rudy considers the huge expenses of doing scholarly work in her field of art history.
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6 Innovations from the Humanities That Make Open Access Publishing a Reality to Everyone
6 Innovations from the Humanities That Make Open Access Publishing a Reality to Everyone
Some of the most successful free-to-publish Open Access endeavors have been emerging from arts and humanities in response to the particular needs of the humanities scholars concerning publishing formats, academic evaluation, and funding availability.
Common Struggles: Policy-based Vs. Scholar-led Approaches to Open Access in the Humanities
Common Struggles: Policy-based Vs. Scholar-led Approaches to Open Access in the Humanities
The thesis argues that the UK governmental policy framework promotes a form of OA that intends to minimise disruption to the publishing industry. The scholar-led ecosystem of presses, in contrast, reflects a diversity of values and struggles that represent a counter-hegemonic alternative to the dominant cultures of OA and publishing more generally.
Sustainable Open-Access Model for Monographs
A project that aims to slash the cost of producing monographs could help make more of them available to the public for free. But will scholars participate?
Insights into the Economy of Open Scholarship: A Look into the Open Library of Humanities
Insights into the Economy of Open Scholarship: A Look into the Open Library of Humanities
Martin Paul Eve, Co-director and Co-founder the Open Library of Humanities was interviewed as part of the Insights into the Economy of Open Scholarship collection of interviews.
Research Excellence Framework must 'bring Hammer Down' on Open Access Books
Research Excellence Framework must 'bring Hammer Down' on Open Access Books
Implementing the mandate for open access monographs will be complex but that is the price of 'being the leader', says Cameron Neylon.
Open Letter from History Journal Editors in Response to Consultation on Plan S
Open Letter from History Journal Editors in Response to Consultation on Plan S
Concerns about some key aspects of Plan S and about their workability in practice, particularly within the landscape of the Humanities, are presented, along with a call for closer consideration of the differential impacts and possible unintended consequences of the ambitious plans laid out in the Guidance document.
UC Press Supports University of California's Stance on Elsevier
UC Press Supports University of California's Stance on Elsevier
As the publishing arm of the University of California system, UC Press supports the UC libraries in their cancellation of the Elsevier "big deal" package. As small to medium-sized publishers of largely humanities and social sciences (HSS) journals, university presses (including UC Press) have had to compete for diminishing library resources to support our publishing programs.
Science and Its Significant Other: Representing the Humanities in Bibliometric Scholarship
Science and Its Significant Other: Representing the Humanities in Bibliometric Scholarship
The article explores the conceptual frameworks, methods, and data sources used in bibliometrics to study the nature of the humanities, and its differences and similarities in comparison with other scientific domains.
AHA Expresses Concerns About Potential Impact of Plan S on the Humanities
The AHA fully supports broad access to the resources required to create new knowledge and share it as widely as possible. However, concerns about the principles set out in Plan S have led the AHA to write a letter to Coalition S members regarding the potential for harm to humanities scholarship.
Launching the OLH Advocacy Network
In 2018, the OLH launched the EmpowOA programme, designed to provide scholars and librarians working in the humanities with tools, spaces and cogent arguments about open access. Now, the OLH extend the functionality for the visitors to the website
Why an Age of Machine Learning Needs the Humanities
Why an Age of Machine Learning Needs the Humanities
If democracy depends on informed citizens, democracy is in trouble. This is a moment of crisis for many institutions, including higher education, especially in disciplines such as English, philosophy, and history, which promise to prepare students as citizens. To prepare students for a world where information is filtered by computers, we will need a stronger alliance between the humanities and math. This alliance has two reciprocal parts: cultural criticism of the mathematical models shaping our world, and mathematical inquiry about culture.
Research Funding is Short-changing Humanities Subjects
The humanities subjects do not benefit from the research excellence framework. They need a better system.
Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda
Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda
The idea of the conference is to bring to the fore the impact contributions of social sciences and humanities (SSH) research to transformative national and European research and innovation agendas, as well as to openly reflect on and structurally discuss the topic. Due to the huge interest in the conference and limited seating, a live-streaming of the main sessions of the conference on both conference days is offered.
The Proportion of Co-Authored Research Articles Has Risen Markedly in Recent Decades
The Proportion of Co-Authored Research Articles Has Risen Markedly in Recent Decades
To what extent should academic hiring and promotional bodies apply a discount for articles with many authors?
We Need the Humanities More Than Ever, Despite All the Shouting
We Need the Humanities More Than Ever, Despite All the Shouting
In today’s knowledge economy, the practical value of a STEM degree is obvious. Yet our future depends on graduates who are steeped in the humanities and social sciences.
Grant Applications in Arts and Humanities Research
Topic modelling of grant applications, unveiling an innovative and richer understanding of the research activity in these disciplines.
Radical Open Access Website Officially Launched
A community of scholar-led, not-for-profit presses, journals and other open access projects in the humanities and social sciences.
Making the Monograph Sustainable
What can be done to preserve the monograph.
Mapping the Adjacent Possible
Imagine a connected online web of scientific knowledge… tightly integrated with a scientific social web that directs scientists’ attention where it is most valuable, releasing enormous collaborative potential.
Stanford and MIT Lead Arts and Humanities Ranking
Peking University joins the top 20 of the Times Higher Education subject table for the first time
On Inequality and Academic Publishing
A quantitative analysis of contemporary publishing patterns in the humanities, as well as a conceptual account of the historical relationship of publishing practices to the modern research university.
A Monograph for Tomorrow
Open access looks set to shake up the humanities and social sciences book landscape for the better.
Norwegian Humanities Research Is Thriving
Evaluation of humanities research in Norway.
Hey, Computer Scientists! Stop Hating on the Humanities
Computer science departments need to teach coders more than just how to code.
Why We Need The Humanities More Than Ever
In our complex and interconnected world, we need leaders of imagination, understanding, and emotional intelligence. To cultivate such leaders, we must value and invest in the humanities, says Peter Salovey, President of Yale University.
Science Doesn’t Have All the Answers
In a fractured world, the humanities are key to an understanding of others.
A cross-disciplinary approach to science is helping Nautilus carve a unique niche in science publishing
A cross-disciplinary approach to science is helping Nautilus carve a unique niche in science publishing
With a focus on deep reporting, a print magazine, and an intense affinity for illustrations, nonprofit Nautilus has taken an expensive approach to launching a new science publication.
Year One of The Open Library of Humanities
September 2016 marks the first year anniversary of the launch of the Open Library of Humanities. To celebrate, we thought we'd share some statistics about the platform and its growth.
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