Scholarly monograph publishing in the 21st century: The future more than ever should be an open book

Colin Steele*

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    Abstract

    The scholarly monograph has been compared to the Hapsburg monarchy in that it seems to have been in decline forever! Many publishers, university administrators and academic researchers are still largely wedded to historical and Balkanized Web 1.0 monograph settings. While the ramifications of the fall of the Hapsburg empire are still being felt today in geopolitical terms, university presses can rise phoenix-like through 21st century digital environments and the reworking of scholarly communication frameworks. New e-press developments will provide greater accessibility to scholarly monographic content. Peer-reviewed, digitally constructed monographs, available within open scholarship institutional frameworks, will increasingly be the 2.0 and 3.0 models for scholarly publishing.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Electronic Publishing
    Volume11
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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