Self-publishing, Open Textbooks and Open Practices at The University of Manchester – UK Open Textbook Project

peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-11-30

Summary:

"I spoke to Lucy May, Scholarly Communications Librarian (@UoMLib_Lucy), and Helen Dobson, Scholarly Communications Manager (@h_j_dobson), based at The University of Manchester, about open access publishing at the University and the interest they’d received from students in self-publishing journals. 

The University of Manchester Library has explored its relation to publishing over the past few years through a number of university projects, which have resulted in collaborative outputs involving both Manchester University Press (MuP) and other university departments.  In Spring 2018 MuP launched Manchester HIVE, a one-stop-shop to e-resources available via the University and host of Manchester Open Library (MoL) content.

Previously both the library and MuP had supported MoL which provided a platform for open access journals produced at the University, including the James Baldwin Review...."

Link:

http://ukopentextbooks.org/case-study/self-publishing-open-textbooks-and-open-practices-at-the-university-of-manchester/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.textbooks oa.oer oa.self-publishing oa.u.manchester oa.journals oa.students oa.up oa.books

Date tagged:

11/30/2018, 12:31

Date published:

11/30/2018, 07:31