Welcome to the AAUP Digital Digest. This blog, run by the AAUP’s Electronic Committee, will strive to keep the AAUP community informed of developments in the world of electronic publishing. The Web is awash with news sites and blogs discussing, dissecting, and disputing recent advances, missteps, and gossip relating to the world of digital publication. Rather than add to the general cacophony, the aim here will be polite aggregation; we’ll post links to and summaries of interesting articles, updates on projects of interest, and only occasional commentary from the committee members.
The boundary between front- and back-office within e-publishing is sufficiently blurred that I envisage sporadic coverage of issues of a more technical nature. But we’ll attempt to keep the discussion as jargon-free as possible, and feel free to slam us if we get too nerdy.
We’re open to suggestions for topics to cover, and actively encourage everyone to comment on postings. Your reactions and ideas are an important part of this community discussion.
Posted by Alan Harvey, Stanford University Press
Delighted to see this new effort! Thanks for making it happen.
One suggestion: the author of the posts so far is masked by the hard-to-read term “aaupdigitaldigest”. Is it possible to set this up so we can actually see who the poster is? I for one would be interested in that info, as the fine folks involved may have quite different takes on these issues.
Thanks!
Ah, but isn’t there value in intrigue?
Seriously though, unless I can change blog ownership, you’ll see “aaupdigitaldigest” whenever it is me (Alan) posting. The other committee members will post under their own name.
I love intrigue as much as the next gal, Alan, but in this context, I prefer transparency. Good to know you’ve taken on this new avatar. Now you just need a Mad Men image of you, and we’ll be set.
Not sure I can violate copyright with Mad Men, but I can reveal my identity. You should see my name on each article now. Let’s hope we can keep the postings fresh.
No copyright worries — “Mad Men Yourself” comes from the network, complete with lounge-y soundtrack:
http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/madmenyourself/
(Going back to work now.)