The Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (LIBER) is the principal association of the major research libraries of Europe. It was founded in 1971 under the auspices of the Council of Europe. Its current membership includes research libraries of more than forty countries.
I'm the Director of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and a historian who explores—and tries to influence through theory, software, websites, and this blog—the impact of computing on the humanities.
The Scholarly Communication Institute (SCI) provides opportunities for leaders in scholarly disciplines, academic libraries, advanced technologies, and higher education administration to study, develop, and implement creative and innovative strategies to advance scholarly communication in the context of the ongoing digital revolution.
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Review of a neat new tool that provides a cool function for many academics: GPeerReview is a very simple Open Source tool that lets you write a review of a work, embed a hash of the work in your review, and sign that review with your digital signature (using your GPG key).
The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication in the Digital Age. February 11-13, 2009 @ Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, Texas A&M University College Station
This year saw some positive developments in open access and scholarly communications, such as the implementation of the NIH mandate, Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Science’s decision to go open access (followed by Harvard Law), and the launch of the Open Humanities Press. But there were also some worrisome developments (the Conyers Bill’s attempt to rescind the NIH mandate, EndNote’s lawsuit against Zotero) and some confusing ones (the Google Books settlement). In the second part of my summary on the year in digital humanities, I’ll look broadly at the scholarly communication landscape, discussing open access to educational materials, new publication models, the Google Books settlement, and cultural obstacles to digital publication.