Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:40:00 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [98.210.104.171] (HELO [192.168.0.106]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPS id 47947442; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:22:56 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <9B3B2A11-0DEC-486A-99CD-522CD96DA689@cni.org> From: Joan Lippincott X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-24-598679041 Subject: EDUCAUSE Live - Aug. 1 - Wittenberg on Gutenburg-e Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v926) X-Original-Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:22:43 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.926) --Apple-Mail-24-598679041 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cni-announce subscribers may be interested in an EDUCAUSE Live webcast =20= on Friday, August 1 from 102 PM Eastern. Kate Wittenberg, who was director of the Electronic Publishing =20 Initiative at Columbia (EPIC) from 1999-2008 will discuss the =20 pioneering Gutenberg-e project. The Gutenberg-e project was created as a bold experiment to explore =20 whether peer-reviewed, born-digital monographs would alter the way =20 historical scholarship is presented, whether scholars would receive =20 the same professional credit for these publications as they would from =20= work published in print, and whether the project would enable the =20 publication of monographs that would otherwise be turned down for =20 financial reasons by university presses. The project has a history =20 that includes both exciting breakthroughs and significant challenges. =20= A number of the authors have created completely new models of =20 collaboration in the scholarly communication process as well as new =20 models of historical scholarship and narrative. We have come to =20 understand that e-books require a significant level of investment in =20 both editorial and technical staff time in order to create =20 publications that reach their full potential as works of digital =20 scholarship. We have also learned that integrating and sustaining this =20= work within a collaborative publishing, library, and technology =20 organization presents significant challenges and great opportunities. =20= Wittenberg will discuss the project=B9s findings and cover both the =20 breakthroughs and obstacles encountered during the course of the =20 project=B9s development. As always, no charge, but registration required at = .= --Apple-Mail-24-598679041 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cni-announce subscribers may be = interested in an EDUCAUSE Live webcast on Friday, August 1 from 102 PM = Eastern.

Kate Wittenberg, who was director of the = Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia (EPIC) from 1999-2008 will = discuss the pioneering Gutenberg-e project.

The = Gutenberg-e project was created as a bold experiment to explore whether = peer-reviewed, born-digital monographs would alter the way historical = scholarship is presented, whether scholars would receive the same = professional credit for these publications as they would from work = published in print, and whether the project would enable the publication = of monographs that would otherwise be turned down for financial reasons = by university presses. The project has a history that includes both = exciting breakthroughs and significant challenges. A number of the = authors have created completely new models of collaboration in the = scholarly communication process as well as new models of historical = scholarship and narrative. We have come to understand that e-books = require a significant level of investment in both editorial and = technical staff time in order to create publications that reach their = full potential as works of digital scholarship. We have also learned = that integrating and sustaining this work within a collaborative = publishing, library, and technology organization presents significant = challenges and great opportunities. Wittenberg will discuss the = project=B9s findings and cover both the breakthroughs and obstacles = encountered during the course of the project=B9s = development.

As always, no charge, but = registration required at <http://net.educause.edu/live0816= >.
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