Autorentext

Péter Dávidházi is Head of the Department of 19th-century Literature at the Research Centre for the Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Schiences, and Professor of English Literature at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. His books include The Romantic Cult of Shakespeare: Literary Reception in Anthropological Perspective (Macmillan, 1998). Delegated to the European Science Foundation (2003-2009), he initiated international workshops to explore changing publication cultures.

Klappentext

The changes we have seen in recent years in the scholarly publishing world - including the growth of digital publishing and changes to the role and strategies of publishers and libraries alike - represent the most dramatic paradigm shift in scholarly communications in centuries. This volume brings together leading scholars from across the humanities to explore that transformation and consider the challenges and opportunities it brings.

Inhalt

The digital enterprise: views philosophical, historical and personal Jacques Dubucs, Digital Humanities: Foundations Gudrun Gersmann, Looking forward, not back: Some ideas on the future of electronic publications Claudine Moulin and Julianne Nyhan, The dynamics of digital publications: An Exploration of Digital Lexicography Luca Codignola, Too Much of a Good Thing? Or, A Historian Swamped by the Web The changing rationale of editing in electronic publication Gábor Kecskeméti, Electronic textual criticism: A challenge to the editor and to the publisher Andrea Bozzi, Computer-assisted Scholarly Editing of Manuscript Sources Bernhard Palme, Electronic Media and Changing Methods in Classics Cutting edge: new means of access, evaluation and funding Janneke Adema and Eelco Ferwerda, Publication Practices in Motion: The Benefits of Open Access Publishing for the Humanities Milena Zic-Fuchs, The Future of Publications in the Humanities: Possible Impacts of Research Assessment Ferenc Kiefer, ERIH's role in the evaluation of research achievements in the Humanities Vera Szöllösi-Brenig, Performing Excellence in the Humanities - the Funding Initiative 'opus magnum' of the VolkswagenStiftung