Video: Fulcrum Digital Publishing Platform Will Power ACLS Humanities Ebook
From the University of Michigan Library (via YouTube)
Michigan Publishing visits the staff of ACLS Humanities E-Book in New York to discuss their selection of Fulcrum as their next-generation platform for reading, discovery, and preservation. The Fulcrum platform, hosted by the U-M Library and developed with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, presents audiovisual materials, 3D models, and other complex digital objects in close relationship with the text.
Timeline
- November 2017
Showcasing Beta Version of Platform at Librarian Focus Group at Charleston Conference. - Feedback and development cycle.
- April 2018
Humanities Open Book (OA) Content Launches on New Platform. - Feedback and development cycle.
- August 2018
ACLS HEB Goes Live on Fulcrum.
See Also: Video: “Building the Better Ebook and Beyond” Session at CNI Fall Meeting (February 8, 2017)
See Also: Michigan Publishing Announces Beta Launch of New Publishing Platform, Fulcrum (October 28, 2016)
Direct to Fulcrum Website
Filed under: Libraries, News, Preservation, Publishing, Video Recordings
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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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