About
digitalculturebooks is an imprint of the University of Michigan Press and the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan Library dedicated to publishing innovative and accessible work about the social, cultural, and political impact of new media. We welcome projects that have the ability to build bridges between more and less technologically-aware audiences by offering rich and relevant new frames for thinking about information and communication technology.
digitalculturebooks is an experimental publishing strategy with a strong research component. By making our content available in print and online, we intend to:
- develop an open and participatory publishing model that adheres to the highest scholarly standards of review and documentation;
- study the economics of Open Access publishing;
- collect data about how reading habits and preferences vary across communities and genres;
- build community around our content by fostering new modes of collaboration in which the traditional relationship between reader and writer breaks down in creative and productive ways.
digitalculturebooks is the first publishing effort of the Michigan Digital Publishing Initiative, a collaboration of the University of Michigan Press and the University of Michigan Library. MDPI engages in both the theory and practice of digital scholarly publishing. Its goals are to:
- develop a model for press/library collaboration at Michigan and elsewhere;
- showcase and extend Michigan's leading role in the development of digital resources;
- encourage and participate in a national dialogue about the future of scholarly communication.