Description:
The technologies, economics, and politics of scholarly publication in the humanities will change rapidly in the near future. New electronic publication technologies that do not require large investments of capital—printing presses, warehouses, transport—generate powerful forces directing academic authors away from traditional print publication. This book brings together a team of academics experienced in this new field to explore the practical aspects of electronic publication and reflect on the politics of the knowledge landscape that is emerging. Their accounts of such practical matters as Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and coding standards form part of a larger consideration of the new knowledge economy and how the humanities disciplines will fare in a world that increasingly trusts its cultural heritage to magnetism and laser optics rather than inks and paper.

Publisher: 
Iter and the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2010

Alternative Format:
This title is also available in print. To purchase a copy contact the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.  

Series: 
Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies Online 
Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies 401
New Technologies in Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2

ISBN: 
978-0-86698-371-6 (online)
978-0-86698-449-2 (print)