Lyons, RE;
Rayner, SJ;
(2016)
Introduction: The academic book of the future.
In:
The Academic Book of the Future.
(pp. 1-9).
Palgrave Macmillan: London, UK.
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Abstract
In early 2014, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) partnered with The British Library to launch a call for teams to run The Academic Book of the Future Project. The Project brief was ‘to explore the future of the academic book in the context of Open Access publishing and the digital revolution’.1 Our team2 successfully pitched to facilitate a two-pronged approach. We are using the expert services of the Research Information Network and Dr Michael Jubb to undertake a wide-ranging series of focus groups, gathering responses to our research questions,3 whilst the core Project team are consulting with the communities of practice connected to academic books to evoke responses via more detailed pieces of commissioned research, symposia, workshops and conferences. The mid-point of the Project, Academic Book Week (9–16 November, 2015),4 will highlight a week-long showcase of this activity, plus other special events from our partners, including the launch of the volume you are now reading.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Introduction: The academic book of the future |
| ISBN-13: | 9781137595768 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1057/9781137595775_1 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137595775_1 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | British Library; Open Access Publishing; Research Excellence Framework; Academic Book; Peter Lake |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Information Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474651 |
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