MediaCommons Press » books http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress open scholarship in open formats Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:07:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/blog/2009/09/15/planned-obsolescence-publishing-technology-and-the-future-of-the-academy/ http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/blog/2009/09/15/planned-obsolescence-publishing-technology-and-the-future-of-the-academy/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:31:20 +0000 Kathleen Fitzpatrick http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/?p=68 We’re happy today to unveil both MediaCommons Press and Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy. This book-in-progress focuses on the social and institutional changes that will be required within colleges and universities in the U.S. in order for digital scholarly publishing to become a viable reality.

The manuscript is here published in full, in an commentable format designed to promote a new open mode of peer review. We very much want your feedback, both on the process and on the manuscript itself. Please join the conversation, and spread the word.

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