‘Pracademia’: The Growing Trend of Academics Writing for Industry
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In this series of historical perspectives on scholarly communications, we engage with literary scholars, historians, and others who think about publishing and scholarly communications in other times and places, under different political and economic conditions, and through various technological media of print and distribution.
Founded in 1886, the Scottish History Society is a leading publisher of original sources relating to the history of Scotland. We have produced over 170 volumes, with many of our older scholarly editions now digitised by the National Library of Scotland and available free to read online.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many publishers to change their workflow to publish relevant research faster and in a more accessible way. Join us to hear Katie Stileman, Princeton University Press; Duncan Nicholas, President of EASE; and Michael Willis from Wiley discuss what the pandemic has meant thus far for the world of publishing.
Among the topics we will discuss:
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Author and editor Audra Wolf offers some sobering conclusions about life as an independent scholar/publishing professional in her article "Real Talk" from her newsletter "Never Just Science". This link is courtesy of the H-Net "Feeding the Elephant" roundup.
She writes, " I do know that a lot of people are facing hard choices. It’s not sustainable to pretend that people with PhDs can somehow keep the profession humming along without any institutional support "
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There’s still time to book for the SCOLMA Conference on Monday 14 June!
Booking for the SCOLMA conference is now open! Please join us on Monday, 14th June 2021.
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