#UPWeek Blog Tour: Day 2

It’s Day 2 of University Press Week 2013! And yes, that means it’s the second day of the University Press Week Blog Tour. All week long, presses will be blogging on a different theme that highlights the extraordinary work of university presses. For the full Blog Tour schedule, click here. We’ll also be posting a round-up every day. 

Today’s theme: The Future of Scholarly Communication

Over at Duke University Press, Priscilla Wald, Professor of English and Women’s Studies, explores the slow future of scholarly communication: “I’ve heard the bell toll for the humanities, libraries, and university presses, and, to paraphrase Mark Twain, news of their death is greatly exaggerated.” – http://bit.ly/1aCCkTS

Harvard University Press features Jeffrey Schnapp on the emerging currents of experimental scholarship and the new metaLABprojects series launching spring 2014: “The metaLABprojects series was born out of a desire to deepen this vein of experimentation by forging a distinctive genre of scholarly publication endowed with the sort of curb appeal usually restricted to books found on the tables at architecture bookshops.” – http://bit.ly/HL42Hi

Stanford University Press Director Alan Harvey asks, what is a scholarly book? “It may take a while for us to find the best model for the future press, but the spirit of experimentation I see around me tells me we’ll have an interesting and productive time looking for it.” – http://bit.ly/182vFpO

Temple University Press Director Alex Holzman envisions a successful future for scholarly publishing based on the strong collaboration between university presses and libraries: “What’s already been done demonstrates that libraries and university presses not only need each other, but can achieve great things if they broaden their partnerships.” > http://bit.ly/1j229lj

Danielle Kasprzak, Associate Editor of University of Minnesota Press, introduces an exciting new initiative, Forerunners: “there needs to be an avenue for shorter, idea-driven works that should be readily accessible by scholars, students, and the general public. And that’s where Forerunners comes in.” – http://bit.ly/1cRCNt1

Assistant Editor-in-Chief Robert Devens at University of Texas Press discusses the Texas Bookshelf and how focusing our efforts closer to home can strengthen the future of scholarly publishing: “…barely a week has passed without some striking example of the importance and value of strong campus partnerships.”  – http://bit.ly/1brRqAb

Historian Holly Shulman reflects on her work with Rotunda, the digital wing of the University of Virginia Press, and urges university presses to keep up with new technologies  in order to ensure a successful future: “And while we must take that leap to ensure our survival, we will find it enriches our work in ways we had never imagined.”  – http://bit.ly/HS5ecP

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Did you read our #UPWeek Q&A with Kyla Madden and Jonathan Crago? If not, check it out here.