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Archives: humanities

Fallout from the Implosion of Humanities Enrollments

What does the decline of the English major mean for society at large, and university presses in particular?

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Apr 5, 2023
  • 17 Comments

Peer Review and Humanities Online: An Interview with Daryle Williams about the Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation

Key insights on how peer review functions for a new journal, handling data on individual lives of people enslaved in the historical slave trade, that serves both academic and public audiences.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Sep 21, 2022
  • 0 Comments

Guest Post — Publishing in a Pandemic: 5 Factors Limiting Scholarly Research

Survey results on COVID pandemic impacts on researchers and educators across the disciplines, and implications for scholarly publishers.

  • By Deirdre Watchorn, Chris Smith
  • Dec 22, 2020
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Humanities Commons: Networking the Humanities through Open Access, Open Source and Not-for-Profit

The just-launched beta version of Humanities Commons is the latest in a growing number of scholar-led innovations in scholarly communication. How do such innovations develop, and how should more traditional publishers think about these opportunities? I spoke with MLA’s Kathleen Fitzpatrick recently to learn more.

  • By Alison Mudditt
  • Dec 21, 2016
  • 5 Comments

Royal Historical Society Moves into Open Access Monographs

A new OA monograph series takes a discipline-specific approach to funding, licensing and editorial work.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Feb 17, 2016
  • 19 Comments

Guest Post: Richard Fisher on The Monograph: Keep On Keepin’ On*, Part Two

In Part Two, Richard Fisher looks at the past, the present and the future of monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences.

  • By Richard Fisher
  • Nov 16, 2015
  • 7 Comments

Guest Post: Richard Fisher on The Monograph: Keep On Keepin’ On*, Part One

Richard Fisher looks at the past, the present and the future of monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences.

  • By Richard Fisher
  • Nov 10, 2015
  • 8 Comments

The Market for Social Sciences and Humanities Publications

A recent research report from Simba Information analyzes the market for publications in the social sciences and humanities.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Jan 28, 2014
  • 23 Comments

The Relationship Between Research and Publication, Or Why Libraries Should Buy More First Books Than Any Others

Publication in the humanities and social sciences isn’t the reporting of research. It’s the production of a compelling argument, based on a combination of research and interpretation.

  • By kwissoker
  • Jul 22, 2013
  • 32 Comments

The Historians Are Revolting — Leading History Journal Editors Take on the Research Councils UK

A group of history editors in the UK publish an open letter stating they will not comply with aspects of the RCUK mandates for OA. What can we learn from this?

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Jan 9, 2013
  • 26 Comments

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