Comments on: The Scholars’ Catalog Project http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/12/03/the-scholars-catalog-project/ What's Hot & What's Cooking in Scholarly Publishing - from the Society for Scholarly Publishing Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:01:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joseph J. Esposito http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/12/03/the-scholars-catalog-project/#comment-6845 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:00:55 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=7214#comment-6845 It’s a complete ecommerce platform. It takes the ONIX as an input, processes it, and places it on a Web site, where transactions take place. Unlike ONIX suppliers, the catalog is concerned with direct to consumer marketing.

]]> By: Jessica http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/12/03/the-scholars-catalog-project/#comment-6844 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:42:44 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=7214#comment-6844 Other than this being for scholarly non-profits, how will it differ from other services that convert publishers’ metadata to ONIX and then distribute it to book buyers?

]]> By: Joseph Esposito http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/12/03/the-scholars-catalog-project/#comment-5886 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:24:28 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=7214#comment-5886 Sorry. I attached my comment in the wrong place. I meant to say that, yes, all U. presses can participate. Please contact me offline.

]]> By: Joseph J. Esposito http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/12/03/the-scholars-catalog-project/#comment-5863 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:27:01 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=7214#comment-5863 Yes, any member of the AAUP can participate, and probably many other not-for-profit scholarly publishers. Contact me offline and I will move this along.

Joe Esposito

]]> By: M Reissig http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/12/03/the-scholars-catalog-project/#comment-5857 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:00:27 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=7214#comment-5857 Can University presses join this project, or is it by invitation only? Would love some more info and how to get involved!

Sincerely,
M Reissig
UT Press

]]> By: A New Project: A Scholars’ Catalog « ResourceShelf http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/12/03/the-scholars-catalog-project/#comment-5856 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:28:45 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=7214#comment-5856 [...] Joe Esposito writes: A few years ago I began to ponder the condition and fate of the university press world. This culminated in an article I wrote for the Journal of Electronic Publishing called “The Wisdom of Oz: The Role of the University Press in Scholarly Communications.” After I wrote that essay, I began to look around for some means of improving the fortunes of the press world and hit on the idea of creating a comprehensive online catalog for all university press titles, a catalog that could serve as a marketing tool, e-commerce site, and source of bibliographical data for other projects whose aims were not so plainly economic. [...]

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