Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy

By: kris bishop | Date: February 10, 2010
Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy

Session at University of Michigan: Kathleen Fitzpatrick, "Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy"
Series: Series in Open Access

Presented
by MPublishing with generous support from the Department of English Language & Literature and the Digital Media Studies Group

As part of an ongoing series of campus conversations about open access and scholarly publishing issues hosted by MPublishing, this talk will explore some of these changes, including shifts in the ways that we approach peer review, transformations in our conceptions of authorship, revisions in the structures of scholarly texts, increased attention to preservation in our libraries, and new partnerships among libraries, presses, and information technology departments in thinking about the place of publishing within the university infrastructure. MORE INFO

Details
Date: Feb 18th, 2010
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: University of Michigan, Hatcher Graduate Library 100