complete Your Science Librarians' Blog: April 2009

Your Science Librarians' Blog

Friday, April 17, 2009

Farewell to the printed monograph

The University of Michigan Press is announced couple of weeks ago that it will shift its scholarly publishing from being primarily a traditional print operation to one that is primarily digital.
Press officials expect well over 50 of the 60-plus monographs that the press publishes each year -- currently in book form -- to be released only in digital editions within two years. Readers will still be able to use print-on-demand systems to read a print monograph. However, the digital monograph will be the primary way of publication. While many university presses are experimenting with digital publishing, the Michigan announcement probably the first one by a major university press.

Please click here to read the full article in Inside HigherEd.
Jayati