The Digital Publishing Production group hit the ground running in 2011–as did many of our publishing partners! Check out the following new content that we released in January: The open access organic chemistry journal Arkivoc has been busy as always, publishing nearly 30 new articles this month. More than 80 newly translated articles were added to The Encyclopedia of Diderot and d’Alembert Collaborative Translation Project, an ongoing effort to crowdsource the translation of the French…
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December was a busy month for the Digital Publishing Production group, as many of our publishing partners released a final issue or article before the end of the year. GEFAME, an open access journal promoting research in the field of African Studies, published their seventh volume. The new release features a report on research in progress by Moses Ochonu called “‘Village’ Democracy and Development in Dutse, Nigeria.” The Journal of Anthropological Research published their fourth…
The December 2010 issue of the Journal of Electronic Publishing (Volume 13, Issue 3) is now available. The issue is the last to be produced under the leadership of Judith Axler Turner, who has edited the journal since its third issue appeared in 1997. As Maria Bonn, Associate University Librarian for Publishing, writes in a farewell to Judith, “Throughout the journal’s now fifteen-year lifetime, Judith has been its guiding hand, attentive to every detail, generous…
Check out the latest from MPublishing’s more than 25 serial publications: More than 25 new articles on organic chemistry published in ARKIVOC. Philosophy and Theory in Biology, an open access journal that launched just about one year ago, published its 8th article, “Beyond Inclusive Fitness? On A Simple and General Explanation For The Evolution Of Altruism“ Philosopher’s Imprint published a paper on “Lying and Deception.” A special issue of the Journal of Electronic Publishing, guest…
Blaine Pardoe writes about Frederick Zinn, a war hero from his hometown of Battle Creek/Galesburg, Michigan in Lost Eagles: One Man’s Mission to Find Missing Airmen in Two World Wars. Pardoe talks about how be became aware of Zinn and learned of his fascinating story and enduring legacy. Read more
Throughout the year, the Digital Publishing Production unit of MPublishing works with publishing partners at the University of Michigan and around the world to increase access to new and existing academic work. Below is a summary of what we’ve been up to in the last month: Our work with Arkivoc, the open access organic chemistry journal, is ongoing. This publication produces new content weekly, and more than a dozen articles were released this month. We…
Why would women want to perform as men? Why is gender crossing so compelling, whether it happens onstage or in everyday life? What can drag performance teach, and what aesthetic, political, and personal questions does it raise? We spoke with Diane Torr, co-author of Sex, Drag, and Male Roles to answer these questions and more. Read the interview Listen to the podcast
The second issue in volume 16 of the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) has been released today. The new issue includes six articles and two book reviews. MJCSL is a national, peer-reviewed journal comprised of contributions relating to academic service learning in higher education from authors representing a wide range of academic backgrounds and professions. Recently, MJCSL has expanded its publishing scope to include articles about campus-community partnerships, and faculty engaged scholarship. Past…
MPublishing is pleased to announce the availability of a new resource, Contemporary Aesthetics. Contemporary Aesthetics is an international, interdisciplinary, peer- and blind-reviewed online journal of contemporary theory, research, and application in the area of aesthetics. The journal has published independently online since 2003–and will continue to do so–but has partnered with MPublishing in the last year to produce a new, freely available, fully searchable and browsable archive of volumes 1-7 (2003-2009). New volumes will be…
The third issue in volume 66 of the Journal of Anthropological Research has now been published online. The issue features four scholarly articles and 30 reviews of newly published resources. Two of the articles focus on the culture of Pueblo Indian culture in the American southwest. The third discusses pottery production in Jordan and the fourth, the myth of “selfhood” in the context of raising a child in middle class America. Based at the University…