Intro to “The Academic Book of the Future” Research Project in the UK

From the London School of Economics “Impact” Blog:

What does the future hold for academic books? Rebecca Lyons introduces The Academic Book of the Future, a two-year project funded by the AHRC in collaboration with the British Library in which a cross-disciplinary team from University College London and King’s College London explores how scholarly work in the Arts and Humanities will be produced, read, shared, and preserved in coming years, and investigates key questions around the changing state and modern contexts of the academic book.
Lyons Writes:

The transition into the digital age has also brought with it some pressing questions about the traditional shape, size, and format of academic books. With more and more research taking an interdisciplinary, digitised, and innovative approach, new outputs are being produced by researchers which increasingly trouble the traditional the boundaries and definitions of the traditional arts and humanities monograph. Where, for instance, do blogs fit in? – and more importantly, how are they credited and recognised by the academy – if at all?
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The Project is, at its core, an investigative conversation that uses a wide range of mini-projects and events to prompt meaningful discussion.

Learn More, Read the Complete Blog Post (Approx. 780 Words)
Links

• Project Twitter Handle: @AcBookFuture
• Project blog: http://academicbookfuture.org/blog
• Project website: http://academicbookfuture.org

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