Digital Humanities
Outreach and Prospects
wait, i thought this was the
scholarly communication
committee?
pushing the boundaries of scholarship
new modes of publication
data
data everywhere
Peer Review bugaboo
the humanities and technology camp
A Modest proposalopen peer review
living & evolving projects cannot be evaluated through blind review
develop rubric/standards for
review
provide qualitative feedback for t&p
getting ALI involved
• offer oversight • institutional memory • initial review board members • identify/recommend projects
for review
Next Steps
• your feedback • needs assessment • identify technology
requirements
what’s new in scholarly communication?
150OA book publishers
4,400total OA books
620OA books
published in the last quarter
540OA journals added to DOAJ in the last
quarter
6new OA journals/day
11,000total OA journals
OA by the numbers
talking about sci-hub
mainstream oer coverage