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ABOUT UCL PRESS The UK’s first fully open access university press No book processing charges for UCL authors Publishes UCL and non- UCL authors Launched in June 2015 Publishes scholarly monographs, short monographs, scholarly editions, textbooks, edited collections, journals All books free to download as PDFs from UCL Press website (and UCL Discovery), and available in enhanced browser All books also published in print, for sale through retailers at affordable prices All books are peer reviewed More than 8700 direct downloads of current titles*
UCL PRESS WEBSITE ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press
BOOKS PUBLISHED 2015 books published since June 2015 books planned for
JOURNALS journals published in 2015 more planned for 2016 UCL Press academic journals hosted on Ingenta Connect (ingentaconnect.com) 2 6 All
Major research project on global social media resulting in nine monographs Countries studied: England, China, India, Italy, Chile, Brazil, Turkey WHY WE POST SERIES 2016
FREE PDF DOWNLOAD FIGURES* TitlePublishedDownloads The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology 5 Jun Temptation in the Archives5 Jun Treasures from UCL5 Jun Burning Bright11 Sep Herman Gorter, Poems of Oct Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera 22 Oct Suburban Urbanities12 Nov Climate Compatible Development in Maputo, Mozambique 13 Nov 150 * Figures correct to 10/11/15. Figures do not include downloads via platforms other than UCL Discovery, including enhanced ebook platform, OAPEN, Unglue.it, Internet Archive, Worldreader
UCL PRESS – ENHANCED PLATFORM Full launch: Dec 2015 Free, online, browser-based delivery For monographs, enhanced digital books and BOOCS (books as open online content) Flexible publishing, articles of different lengths and types, published over a period of time Audio, video, 3D, slideshows, deep zoom options Developed by Armadillo Systems, who created Turning the Pages and Bodleian Digital Ability to annotate, highlight, export, cite, share, save personalised copies
UCL PRESS – ENHANCED PLATFORM
ACADEMIC BOOK OF THE FUTURE BOOC
CALL FOR CONTENT: BOOC Outputs of the research project Peer reviewed content published as a ‘live’ book on platform hosted by UCL Press Presentation Non-linear content presentation Subjects Concentrates on all aspects of academic publishing and its future e.g. peer review; role of the editor; bookshops of the future; libraries; open access; digital publishing and technology Formats Formats may include: videos, blogs, podcasts, short monographs and articles Authors invited from all areas of the academic publishing and bookselling communities Authors Authors invited from all areas of the academic publishing and bookselling communities Launch Date The BOOC will be launched in spring 2016 and new content will be added throughout the year. The AHRC/British Library Academic Book of the Future Project invites submissions for its BOOC (Book as Open Online Content) To propose content, 500 word (max.) abstracts to: Dr Sam Rayner Principal Investigator of the Academic Book of the Future Project