OPEN REFLECTIONS

Tag: preservation

  • #OAbooks in the HSS: Contexts, Conversations, Technologies and Communities of Practice

    #OAbooks in the HSS: Contexts, Conversations, Technologies and Communities of Practice

    Last week I attended the first major conference entirely dedicated to Open Access books in the HSS, in the British Library, organised by OAPEN and JISC. The two-day conference had a fantastic line-up of keynote speakers, established and new experimental projects in open access book publishing, and practical strands on funding, publishing for scholars and…

  • Book Destruction

    Two weeks ago I attended the Book Destruction conference, which took place on the 16th of April at the Institute of English Studies, part of the University of London. The conference focused on the book as a symbol and as an idea, as well as on its material form, and explored what happens when books…