[Irtalk] Want to be taken seriously as scholar in the humanities? Publish a monograph | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

[Hilton Gibson]

*With digital publishing comes the uncoupling of content from print: why
should those six years of work (or more) result in only a physical book
that sits on a few shelves? Why can’t the content be made available freely
online via open access?*

*Isn’t this the great ethical stance: making knowledge available to all?*
Won’t opening up access to the detailed, considered arguments held within
humanities monographs do wonders for the reputation and impact of subject
areas whose contribution to society is often under-rated?

http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/sep/30/publishing-humanities-monograph-open-access?CMP=twt_gu
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