Scaling Vectors: Thoughts on the future of scholarly communication

Journal of Electronic Publishing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  McPherson, Tara ^a  

^a School of Cinematic Arts at USC   (United States)

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EID: 78649601714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10802711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/3336451.0013.208     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. http://www.vectorsjournal.org. While most Vectors' pieces illustrate the journal's commitment to rich media, see in particular the following pieces as indicative of the journal's commitments to experimentation: "Public Secrets" (2, no. 2) by Sharon Daniel and Erik Loyer for its extensive use of sound and an interesting deployment of algorithms; "The Stolen Time Archive" (1, no. 1) by Alice Gambrell and Reagan Loyer for a lively remapping of the archive and an imaginative interface design.
2. Jon Ippolito and Craig Dietrich's "Thoughtmesh" (3, no. 1) for an exploration of networked writing.
3. Jennifer Terry and Raegan Kelly's "Killer Entertainments" (3, no. 1) for its video triptychs.
4. See the Open Humanities Press website for more information on the interesting work they are undertaking (http://openhumanitiespress.org/goals.html).
5. For another view of Vectors as a sustained space for experimentation, see Patrik Svensson, "The Landscape of the Digital Humanities," Digital Humanities Quarterly 4, no. 1 (Summer 2010) retrieved August 20, 2010, http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/4/1/000080/000080.html.
6. Johanna Drucker. SpecLab: Digital Aesthetics and Projects in Speculative Computing (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009).
7. Diane Harley et al., "The Influence of Academic Values on Scholarly Publication and Communication Practices," Journal of Electronic Publishing 10, no. 2 (Spring 2007) retrieved September 12, 2010, from http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/3336451.0010.204.
8. William Germano, "What Are Books Good For?" Chronicle of Higher Education September 26, 2010, retrieved September 30, 2010, from http://chronicle.com/article/What-Are-Books-Good-For-/124563/?sid=at8utm_source=at8utm_medium=en.
9. Based on a fall 2009 survey of its membership, the Association of American University Presses reported that over 88 percent of those responding are providing e-books through aggregators and 91.5 percent are making backlists available via print on demand strategies. The report was retrieved on September 1, 2020, from http://www.aaupnet.org/resources/reports/0910digitalsurvey.pdf.
10. Scholarly societies such as the MLA, CAA, OAH, and AHA have issued statements on the need to credit digital scholarship in tenure and promotion decisions. In particular, the MLA has increasingly championed such efforts and prominently featured digital humanities work in its annual conference and newsletters. The Shakespeare Quarterly recently conducted an "open" peer review experiment under the leadership of Kathleen Rowe, an initiative that garnered broad coverage in the popular press.
11. For instance, see DataOne (https://www.dataone.org/).
12. Phil Pochoda, "UP 2.0: Some Theses on the Future of Academic Publishing," Journal of Electronic Publishing 13, no. 1 (Winter 2010) retrieved September 16, 2010 from http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/3336451.0013.102.
13. On October 12, 2010, a British committee on higher education chaired by ex-British Petroleum chief John Browne released the report, "Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance." Among other things, the report called for a complete reduction of teaching grants to universities for the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
14. For coverage of the report, see Jeevan Vasagar and Jessica Shepherd, "Browne review: Universities must set their own tuition fees," Guardian.co.uk (10/12/2010) retrieved October 18, 2010 from http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/oct/12/browne-review-universities-set-fees?intcmp=239.
15. Also see Martin McQuillan's response to the cuts on the London Graduate School blog, "If you tolerate this... Lord Browne and the Privatisation of the Humanities" (Oct. 2010) retrieved October 18, 2010 from http://www.thelondongraduateschool.co.uk/thoughtpiece/if-you-tolerate-this%E2%80%A6-lord-browne-and-the-privatisation-of-the-humanities/.