December 2017 E-Newsletter
Welcome to the first edition of the ELPUB 2018 Newsletter!
We plan to use this forum to share the latest conference news, important date reminders, and interesting materials related to the theme of this year’s conference – Connecting the Knowledge Commons: From Projects to Sustainable Infrastructure.
There is still time to share your research, initiatives and ideas at the ELPUB 2018 Conference! While you cozy up inside over the holidays, consider submitting your extended abstract – the deadline is January 10.
We welcome your feedback, comments and questions, so don’t hesitate to get in touch by emailing elpub2018@utsc.utoronto.ca.
Best wishes for a safe and happy holidays,
The ELPUB Team
There is still time to share your research, initiatives and ideas!
The ELPUB 2018 Call for Papers and Participation is open now until January 10, 2018.
Important Dates
Jan 10 – Abstract submissions due
Feb 1 – Early registration open
Feb 7 – Author notification
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From the ELPUB blog...
Are you working on innovative programs, community-based initiatives, new technologies, or experimentations in transforming the nature of scholarly communications? Are you part of non-commercial, not-for-profit and/or commons-based models for the creation and dissemination of knowledge? Are you someone interested in culture change and challenging existing norms in scholarly communication and knowledge production?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions – we want to hear from you!
Further reading...
Each issue we will share some articles and commentary related to the theme of this year’s ELPUB Conference – Connecting the Knowledge Commons: From Projects to Sustainable Infrastructure. If you have any ideas for interesting content to share in the next issue, please send it to elpub2018@utsc.utoronto.ca!
Guest post by Brett Bobley, the Chief Information Officer for the National Endowment for the Humanities
“It’s like arXiv, but for the humanities.”
What? Say that again?
“It’s like arXiv, but for the humanities.”
So my memory isn’t perfect, but I’m pretty sure it was late 2011, riding on a shuttle bus to the Berlin 9 conference, when Kathleen Fitzpatrick made that pitch to me.
Growing threats to open science have made it more crucial than before to develop a sustainable, not-for-profit environment. Enter ScholarlyHub – a new open platform that allows you to publish, share, and access quality work without financial constraints; find and work with colleagues in fields you’re interested in; develop research and teaching projects; store datasets securely, and mentor and be mentored in order to improve your work and help others.
Written by: Alejandro Posada and George Chen, University of Toronto Scarborough
“Could it be that our attention on the paywall has distracted us from paying attention to the strategic takeover of infrastructure by the publishers?”
Happy Holidays from the ELPUB Team!
