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Planned obsolescence : publishing, technology, and the future of the academy
- Title
- Planned obsolescence : publishing, technology, and the future of the academy / Kathleen Fitzpatrick.
- Author
- Fitzpatrick, Kathleen, 1967-
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, c2011.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 11-4210 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 245 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Academic institutions are facing a crisis in scholarly publishing at multiple levels: presses are stressed as never before, library budgets are squeezed, faculty are having difficulty publishing their work, and promotion and tenure committees are facing a range of new ways of working without a clear sense of how to understand and evaluate them. Planned Obsolescence is both a provocation to think more broadly about the academy's future and an argument for reconceiving that future in more communally-oriented ways. Facing these issues head-on, Kathleen Fitzpatrick focuses on the technological changes--especially greater utilization of internet publication technologies, including digital archives, social networking tools, and multimedia--necessary to allow academic publishing to thrive into the future. But she goes further, insisting that the key issues that must be addressed are social and institutional in origin. Springing from original research as well as Fitzpatrick's own hands-on experiments in new modes of scholarly communication through MediaCommons, the digital scholarly network she co-founded, Planned Obsolescence explores these aspects of scholarly work, as well as issues surrounding the preservation of digital scholarship and the place of publishing within the structure of the contemporary university. Written in an approachable style designed to bring administrators and scholars into a conversation, Planned Obsolescence explores both symptom and cure to ensure that scholarly communication will remain relevant in the digital future. "--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-4210
- ISBN
- 9780814727874 (acid-free paper)
- 0814727875 (acid-free paper)
- 9780814727881 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- 0814727883 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2011024719
- OCLC
- YBP 2011024719
- Author
- Fitzpatrick, Kathleen, 1967-
- Title
- Planned obsolescence : publishing, technology, and the future of the academy / Kathleen Fitzpatrick.
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-4210