Laura Mandell, Digital Humanities, Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies, October 14, 2008.
... Miami’s Digital Humanities Program is accomplishing a few firsts in 2009:
We are among the first universities to grant promotion on the basis of a digital archive ...
In 2009, we will be the first English Department to approve as a dissertation a digital edition that will be published by Rice University Press, print-on-demand. ...
In 2009, we will be the first to publish Open Source software for use in the Digital Humanities, NA-P developed by student Holly Connor and [Computer Science and Systems Analysis] Professor Gerald Gannod. “Na Pwon Dyon Gay” means “we learn together” in the Miami language; this suite of tools will revolutionize the creation of digital archives.
In 2009, we will be the first university to partner to host a digital resource for a university press, a database that can be upgraded by scholars.
In 2009, we will be the first university to make high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship available on Facebook. ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 12/01/2008 02:18:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.