Tag: Reinventing University Publishing

  • Reinventing University Publishing: day 2, Perspectives – New monographs

    Apologies — liveblogged, but forgot to post this from the conference… First on, McComas Taylor and Grazia Scotellaro, ‘E-texts: a new experience in learning objects’. Took us through the example of ANU E-View student textbook, The Joy of Sanskrit.  Excellent presentation taking us through the process of creating and using the e-text, which students loved.…

  • Reinventing University Publishing – final thoughts

    I missed the keynotes and some other sections of the conference, but from what I saw I thought it was a useful, in fact essential, conference for any academic staff thinking of digital publishing for research, data curation or learning and teaching purposes.  There were a few descriptions of University Presses etc that weren’t really reinventing university publishing,…

  • Reinventing University Publishing, day one, pm session

    This is Changing Horizons, the first panel session after the keynote which I had to miss.  Also missed first two presentations in this session.  Third up, Belinda Tiffen, Director Library Resources Unit and Scott Abbott, UTS ePRESS Project Officer, UTS, – ‘Keep calm and unlock research: reinventing UTS ePRESS.  Focused mostly on OA academic journals, a…

  • Reinventing University Publishing

    I’m attending the above conference at ANU, organised by CAUL Library Publishing Advisory Committee, having to drop in and out because of meetings & other things, but determined to participate as much as possible – too important to miss.  CAUL notes in its conference blurb: ‘academic publishing and the scholarly communication environment is in a…