#FeedingTheElephant 's Dawn Durante provides us with a crash course in subventions. What is a subvention? How do you get one? What do presses do with them? Find out all that and more in Subventions 101!
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Natalia Grygierczyk of Radboud University Press explains how the Diamond OA press avoids publishing and access fees, publishes both print and digital formats through a Creative Commons license. How can the ecosystem change and more presses follow suit?
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It's the first Friday of the month, meaning it's time for a #FeedingTheElephant Five Year First Friday Feature! Today we revisit our interview with Dr. Sarah Handley-Cousins on Nursing Clio's reproduction history syllabus, created following the Dobbs decision.
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Digital preservation, feminist agendas, and history podcasts, oh my! The #FeedingTheElephant team of Catherine Cocks, Dawn Durante, and Emily Joan Elliott shares what they've been reading, watching, and listening to this month (plus a tidbit about Taylor Swift!)
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Ever wonder what CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-SA, or the like means? Neal Swain of Harvard University Press contributes a second piece to #FeedingTheElephant 's ongoing series about contracts and copyright to explain Creative Commons licenses.
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Today on #FeedingTheElephant , Neal Swain of University of California Press explains subsidiary rights, which 'In practice, these rights allow your book to expand its reach.' Learn more about what subsidiary rights mean, including a glossary of key terms.
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So you've just gotten your book contract, but how do you make sense of the copyright clauses? Stephanie Vyce of Harvard University Press recommends looking for two key words: assignment and license. Take a look at her #FeedingTheElephant post to learn more.
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To celebrate #FeedingTheElephant turning 5 we are revisiting earlier posts on the first Friday of each month. Enjoy our Five Year First Friday Feature on using previously published material in a manuscript. Keep you eye out for more on copyright in Feb.!
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Which stories in scholarly communications have Emily Joan Elliott, Dawn Durante, and Catherine Cocks been following? Find out more about those and the history-related podcasts the team is listening to in our monthly #FeedingTheElephant roundup!
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Madison Mosely of UGA Press knows that metadata isn't a hot topic at social events, but she explains to #FeedingTheElephant readers in laymen's terms how 'metadata lays the groundwork to accessing a title, even with the vaguest of search terms.'
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#FeedingTheElephant kicks off its 2024 slate of posts with Kathleen Riegelhaupt and Greg Cram giving an overview of NY Public Library's scholarly press backlist revival project.
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This year, #FeedingTheElephant welcomed a number of new guest authors and subscribers as we published on a whole host of topics. Check out our year in review!
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This week, in part 2 of our series, Gerhard Boomgaarden, De Gruyter Official's Director of
De Gruyter Social Sciences, answers questions from #FeedingTheElephant on open access, digital humanities, copyright, and more in Europe and North America.
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Gerhard Boomgaarden, De Gruyter Official's Director of De Gruyter Social Sciences, answers questions from #FeedingTheElephant on publishing business models and editorial and publishing practices in Europe and North America. Make sure to check back next week for Part 2!
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We are trying something new with the #FeedingTheElephant roundup. See what Dawn Durante, Emily Joan Elliott, and Catherine Cocks are reading, listening to, and watching! Read on for some recommendations on recorded lectures, cool podcasts, and interesting articles!
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We at #FeedingTheElephant have a lot to be grateful for this Thanksgiving week, including our readers, guest authors, and our host H-Net.
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#FeedingTheElephant is celebrating AUPresses 📚's #UPWeek and its theme of #SpeakUp . Feeding the Elephant means feeding our collective wisdom by keeping alive and healthy the collaborations that empower us to speak the truth, speak out, speak up.
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The hard work of earning a doctorate doesn't end with a dissertation defense. Emily Joan Elliott writes for #FeedingTheElephant to give advice to grad students on final submission of their dissertations to their university and Proquest. Start organizing now!
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While Liverpool University Press was founded in 1899, it became a subsidiary of the University in 2004. Anthony Cond tells #FeedingTheElephant how the press is both an 'aged university press with gravitas and the plucky start-up continually looking forward.'
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This week, the #FeedingTheElephant provides a recap of the biggest stories in scholarly communications and publishing. Which social media platforms should journals use? How are scholar and publisher working conditions related? Read about that and more!
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