Sunday, September 11, 2016

Open Access eBook | New Publication Cultures in the Humanities: Exploring the Paradigm Shift | edited by Péter Dávidházi

Open Access eBook
New Publication Cultures in the Humanities: Exploring the Paradigm Shift
edited by Péter Dávidházi. Amsterdam University Press, 2014, 212 pages, € 79.00 (hardback), ISBN: 9789089645647.

Abstract: The changes we have seen in recent years in the scholarly publishing world - including the growth of digital publishing and changes to the role and strategies of publishers and libraries alike - represent the most dramatic paradigm shift in scholarly communications in centuries. This volume brings together leading scholars from across the humanities to explore that transformation and consider the challenges and opportunities it brings.

Table of Contents
Exploring Paradigms and Ourselves | Péter Dávidházi
The Digital Enterprise: Views Philosophical, Historical and Personal 
Digital Humanities Foundations | Jacques Dubucs
Looking Forwards, Not Back: Some Ideas on the Future of Electronic Publications | Gudrun Gersmann
The Dynamics of Digital Publications: An Exploration of Digital Lexicography | Claudine Moulin and Julianne Nyhan
Too Much of a Good Thing? Or, A Historian Swamped by the Web | Luca Codignola
Changing Models for Textual Editing in Electronic Publication
Electronic Textual Criticism: A Challenge to the Editor and to the Publisher | Gábor Kecskeméti
Computer-assisted Scholarly Editing of Manuscript Sources | Andrea Bozzi
Electronic Media and Changing Methods in Classics | Bernhard Palme
Cutting Edge: New Means of Access, Evaluation and Funding
Publication Practices in Motion: The Benefits of Open Access Publishing for the Humanities | Janneke Adema and Eelco Ferwerda
The Future of Publications in the Humanities: Possible Impacts of Research Assessment | Milena Žic Fuchs
ERIH's Role in the Evaluation of Research Achievements in the Humanities | Ferenc Kiefer
Performing Excellence in the Humanities: The Funding Initiative 'Opus Magnum' of the VolkswagenStiftung | Vera Szöllösi-Brenig

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