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Death of the Author?
"Work-for-hire" and lose author's rights? That's what the University of Oxford Press wants. Read about Steven Shaviro's refusal and the comments from Kevin Smith at Duke University Libraries.
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The University of Iowa announces a new book series on The Humanities and Public Life. Visit their page for information and guidelines for prospective authors.____________________________________________________________________
"Cracking Open the Scientific Process," by Thomas Lin, The New York Times
Circulating academic papers in peer reviewed journals is fine if you're stuck in the 17th-century. Why not social network our work, develop it together, collaborate online, have a thoroughly open access humanities? Take a look at how scientists are adapting the Facebook model in sites like ResearchGate. Good idea, or are there drawbacks to this model?
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"Networking the Field: The Future of Academic Publishing," by Kathleen Fitzpatrick.
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"Giving it Away: Sharing and the Future of Scholarly Publication," by Kathleen Fitzpatrick. Both are talks she presented at the 2012 MLA Conference.
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