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October 2018
Digital Publishing Workshop: Introduction to Digital Publishing
Curious about scholarly publishing in the digital age? Learn about what makes digital publishing both essential and challenging for scholars today and get a behind-the-scenes look at the work that editorial staff do bring high quality scholarship online. In this introductory workshop we’ll break down the publication cycle, beginning with how a digital publication gets started -- and how you can create your own journal or other publications with Columbia University Libraries! This walk through the publishing process will cover…
Find out more »Identity and Community Building for Digital Publications
Your journal, review, or digital project is essential. Everyone in your academic community knows your publication by name and waits for your latest issues to read the cutting edge research on your topic. Everyone from emerging scholars to highly regarded figures in your profession submit their manuscripts for your consideration. After all, you’re the go-to resource for scholarship on your unique niche within your field. Or, at least, that’s the dream. So, how do you build your reputation and create…
Find out more »New Perspectives on Peer Review
Who decides what is published, and how do the people who make those decisions shape the scholarly record? Peer review has been standard by which scholarly publications assess the integrity and quality of the writing that has been submitted to their publications. At its best, peer review is an opportunity for collaboration ; at its worst, it can decrease diversity, support bias, and mask unethical behavior. Can we improve peer review? In this workshop we’ll define, debate, and experiment with…
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