Amherst College Launches First All Open-Access College Press
From Digital Book World:
A new digital initiative from Amherst College will publish and give away peer-reviewed scholarly ebooks (and printable online versions too).
“We will be the first university or college press to publish books solely under an open-access model,” said Amherst College Librarian Bryn Geffert in a statement.
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See Also: Amherst College Press Web Site and FAQ
See Also: Video Overview of Project from Amherst College Librarian Bryn Geffert.
See Also: A New (Kind of) Scholarly Press (via Inside Higher Ed)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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