The academic book of the future
By: [selected and edited by] Rebecca E. Lyons, Research Associate, University College London, UK ; Samantha J. Rayner, Senior Lecturer in Publishing, University College London, UK
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781137595768
Subjects: Textbooks; Academic writing; Scholarly publishing; Open access publishing; Authorship
Description: "What makes a book 'academic'? What spaces, physical and digital, can they be found in? How are they made, bought and read? These questions are tackled by a cross-section of 13 experts from the fields of bookselling, publishing, university libraries and academic research in this volume of essays, which was produced in conjunction with the team from the AHRC/British Library Academic Book of the Future Project as an accelerated publishing challenge for the first ever Academic Book Week. The topics include campus bookshops and bookselling, the role of national libraries, Open Access, the Research Excellence Framework and publishing innovation. The approaches explore the realities of the present and venture all the way through to possible futures. There is something here for everyone who is connected to academic books - however these are defined, and whatever shape they take"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.