Digitize This Book!: The Politics of New Media, or Why We Need Open Access Now
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Digitize This Book!: The Politics of New Media, or Why We Need Open Access Now
By (Author) Gary Hall
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
12th November 2008
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)
Publishing industry and journalism
070.5
Physical Properties
Paperback
296
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 20mm
Description
In the sciences, the merits and ramifications of open accessthe electronic publishing model that gives readers free, irrevocable, worldwide, and perpetual access to researchhave been vigorously debated. Open access is now increasingly proposed as a valid means of both disseminating knowledge and career advancement. In Digitize This Book! Gary Hall presents a timely and ambitious polemic on the potential that open access publishing has to transform both "papercentric" humanities scholarship and the institution of the university itself.
