Open access monographs

[Sigi Jöttkandt <sigij AT openhumanitiespress.org>]

Many of you will have already seen this but if not, here's info about 
the PKP conference, and a call for papers on OA in the Humanities for 
Libreas.

Sigi

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Subject:        SPARC-OAForum Digest #1370
Date:   Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:20:21 -0500
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       SPARC Open Access Forum Digest #1370

1) OA and Humanities - Call for Paper
   by Peter Suber <peters AT earlham.edu>
2) SECOND INTERNATIONAL PKP SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING CONFERENCE July 8-10, 2009, 
Vancou
   by Heather Morrison <heatherm AT eln.bc.ca>
3) Hindawi Announces its Country Web Pages
   by Paul Peters <paul.peters AT hindawi.com>

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Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:13 -0500
Message-ID: <redirect-16721151 AT arl.org>
From: Peter Suber <peters AT earlham.edu>
Subject: OA and Humanities - Call for Paper

[Forwarding from LIBREAS.  --Peter Suber.]


Call for Paper:

LIBREAS Issue 14 "Open Access and Humanities"

In the next issue of LIBREAS, we inviting discussion about whether 
humanities should follow the new academic publication process in science, 
technology and medicine and how this could be accomplished.

Much academic work within the area of humanities is published in printed 
monographs and anthologies, but this kind of scholarly communication has 
proven to be particularly problematic: the publishing process seems to be 
too time-consuming and prevents discussion of many works until after a 
lengthy publication process.

Electronic publication environments may reduce time between writing a 
manuscript and its final publication. For instance, a new primary source is 
available through online pre-publication in science, technology and 
medicine. However, these forms of electronic publications are largely based 
in the practices of scientific communication and its related fields. In the 
view of humanities scholars, this model does not correspond with their 
needs. Because intellectual work in these two fields has been so different, 
the publishing tools found in the scientific community have not 
historically lent themselves to humanities scholarship.

There are at least two ways to understand these differences. One is that 
electronic publishing per se is not suitable to the humanities. Reading an 
article on the screen or an eBook reader may cause a loss of tactility and 
aesthetics which is required for discourse in the humanities. Others are 
more cautious about the benefits and limits and discuss the consequences in 
terms of access, quality, integrity and storage.

LIBREAS asks: How could an electronic publication platform be designed in 
order to meet the key requirements of humanities scholars? What will be the 
role of publishers and peer review?

And lastly, to what extent may "E-Science" be a promising option for the 
humanities at all?

LIBREAS is looking forward to your fresh and controversial contributions on 
"Electronic Publishing and Humanities". Indeed, we welcome new perspectives 
on the topic that are not outlined above, as well. If you have any 
questions, please do not hesitate contacting us at 
<mailto:redaktion AT libreas.eu>redaktion AT libreas.eu.

Final drafts are due by January 2009.

Link: http://www.libreas.eu/calls/index_eng.htm



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Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:23 -0500
Message-ID: <redirect-16721154 AT arl.org>
From: Heather Morrison <heatherm AT eln.bc.ca>
Subject: SECOND INTERNATIONAL PKP SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING CONFERENCE July 8-10, 
2009, Vancouver, British Columbia:  Registration Now Open / Call for Papers

**      with apologies for duplication  **

Quick link to 2nd International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference =20
Website:
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2009

SECOND INTERNATIONAL PKP SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN / CALL FOR PAPERS / PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

The Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that registration =20=

is now open for the second international PKP conference, July 8 =96 10, =20=

2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Session proposals will =20
be accepted until January 15, 2009.

Preconference Workshops on July 8 include:
Networkshop - Editors/Publishers:  John Willinsky, Rowly Lorimer
Networkshop - Software Developers/Technical Experts: PKP Team Developers
Networkshop - Librarians/Information Specialists: Brian Owen, Kevin =20
Stranack
OJS in an Afternoon: Kevin Stranack, James MacGregor
L8X in an Afternoon: MJ Suhonos
PKP Software Plug-in Workshop: Alec Smecher
CLA Open Access Interest Group:  Lynn Copeland, Heather Morrison, =20
Leah Vanderjagt

Postconference Workshop July 11:
Workshop on Creating Open Access Journals: David Solomon, Caroline =20
Sutton

The first PKP conference was an overwhelming success with =20
presentations and participants from around the world.  A selected set =20=

of conference papers was subsequently published in the October 2007 =20
issue of First Monday.

The conference will appeal not just to members of the PKP community, =20
but to anyone interested in trends and developments for scholarly =20
publishing and communication.   There will be a wide range of topical =20=

sessions on new reading and publishing technologies; open access =20
initiatives; alternative publishing and funding models; national and =20
international collaborative projects;  new roles and partnerships for =20=

libraries, scholarly publishers and others; and sustainability for =20
open access publishing and open source software.   Prospective and =20
first time users of OJS and other PKP software will be able to learn =20
more about the systems and establish contacts with the PKP community. =20=

Experienced implementers, developers, and system administrators will =20
have an opportunity to participate in technical sessions and exchange =20=

information.

The conference will commence with an opening keynote session on the =20
evening of July 8 convened by John Willinsky, the founder of the =20
Public Knowledge Project.   There will be several pre-conference =20
workshops on July 8, and the main conference program will present a =20
combination of concurrent and single track sessions during on July 9 =20
and 10.  The conference will conclude with three special symposia on =20
community and network building intended for each of the core PKP =20
constituents:  journal editors and publishers; librarians; and =20
software developers.

The conference will be hosted at Simon Fraser University=92s downtown =20=

campus and will be adjacent to a wide range of accommodations, =20
restaurants, and other popular tourist destinations.  Please mark the =20=

July 8 =96 10 dates on your 2009 calendars. The PKP partners look =20
forward to welcoming you to the second PKP conference.

For more information, please visit the conference web site: http://=20
pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2009

The Public Knowledge Project is a federally funded research =20
initiative at Simon Fraser University, Stanford University, and the =20
University of British Columbia.  It seeks to improve the scholarly =20
and public quality of academic research through the development of =20
innovative online environments. PKP has developed free, open source =20
software for the management, publishing, and indexing of journals and =20=

current conferences. The PKP software suite is comprised of three =20
modules in production: Open Archives Harvester, Open Journal Systems, =20=

and Open Conference Systems, and two in development: Lemon8-XML and =20
Open Monograph Press.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that the second =20
international PKP conference will be held from July 8 =96 10, 2009 in =20=

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The first PKP conference was an =20
overwhelming success with presentations and participants from around =20
the world.  A selected set of conference papers was subsequently =20
published in the October 2007 issue of First Monday.

The conference will consist of a mixture of plenary talks and =20
parallel conference streams intended for the following groups:

-       journal editors and publishers
-       researchers in scholarly publishing
-       librarians and information specialists
-       open source software developers and system administrators

Papers and presentation proposals that address one or more of the =20
following topics are especially encouraged:

-       New reading and publishing technologies, e.g. integration of =20
Web 2.0 features;
-       Open access initiatives;
-       Alternative publishing and funding models;
-       National and international collaborative projects;
-       New roles and partnerships for libraries, scholarly =20
publishers, and others;
-       Sustainability for open access publishing and open source =20
software.

Parallel sessions will each be up to 1 hour in length.  They may =20
consist of a workshop, a case study, a research report, a set of 3 =20
presentations on a single theme, a panel discussion as well as other =20
options.

Proposals for papers or presentations should be submitted by January =20
15, 2009, using the submission guidelines and form available at =20
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2009/

The conference will be hosted at Simon Fraser University=92s downtown =20=

campus and will be adjacent to a wide range of accommodations, =20
restaurants, and other popular tourist destinations.   Please mark =20
the July 8 =96 10 dates on your 2009 calendars. The PKP partners look =20=

forward to welcoming you to the second PKP conference.

The Public Knowledge Project is a federally funded research =20
initiative at Simon Fraser University, Stanford University, and the =20
University of British Columbia.  The partnership brings together =20
faculty members, librarians, and graduate students dedicated to =20
exploring whether and how new technologies can be used to improve the =20=

professional and public value of scholarly research. Its research =20
program is investigating the social, economic, and technical issues =20
entailed in the use of online infrastructure and knowledge management =20=

strategies to improve both the scholarly quality and public =20
accessibility and coherence of this body of knowledge in a =20
sustainable and globally accessible form. It seeks to improve the =20
scholarly and public quality of academic research through the =20
development of innovative online environments.   It continues to be =20
an active player in the open access movement, as it provides the =20
leading open source software for journal and conference management =20
and publishing. The research and publishing activities of the project =20=

have been reviewed and cited in Inside Higher Ed, Nature, New England =20=

Journal of Medicine, Science, The Scientist and others.

Heather Morrison
PKP Conference Committee
heatherm AT eln.bc.ca










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Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:32 -0500
Message-ID: <redirect-16721161 AT arl.org>
From: Paul Peters <paul.peters AT hindawi.com>
Subject: Hindawi Announces its Country Web Pages

Press Release
November 6, 2008
Hindawi Announces its Country Web Pages

Hindawi is pleased to announce its "Country Web Pages," which give its web 
site visitors an overview of the research output of a particular country 
published in Hindawi's open access journals. Along with the list of 
articles originating from the country, these pages also list the scholars 
who authored these articles, the scholars who are currently on the 
Editorial Boards of Hindawi journals, and the scholars who reviewed one or 
more articles for any Hindawi journals in the past couple of years.

"We are very pleased with the response we have received from many scholars, 
librarians, and publishers to our recently launched Institutional Web 
Pages, so we decided to extend this feature to the country level," said 
Ahmed Awad, Head of Information Systems at Hindawi. "Our next project will 
be the creation of Research Funder Web Pages, which we hope to release in 
the near future."

The Country Web Page for a particular country can be accessed using a URL 
of the form "http://www.hindawi.com/countries/code/,"; where "code" is the 
ISO Standard 3166 two-letter code of that particular country. For example, 
the Country Web Page for Germany is located at 
http://www.hindawi.com/countries/de/.

More information about Hindawi's Country Web Pages, as well as Hindawi's 
Institutional Web Pages, can be found at http://www.hindawi.com/resources.html.

For more information please contact:

Paul Peters
Head of Business Development
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
paul.peters AT hindawi.com

Hindawi Publishing Corporation is a rapidly growing STM publisher with over 
150 open access journals in its collection covering a wide range of 
subjects in science, technology, and medicine. The company web site is 
located at http://www.hindawi.com.

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