Digital Publishing in Dialogue (2022)
Event by Digital Humanities and Open Science (University Library), University of Bern
Publication formats are changing rapidly across research fields, including the Humanities. Under the umbrella term Open Science, the open, reusable, findable, and interoperable provision of publications and research data is promoted—but the transition towards open Humanities is not straightforward and involves long-term negotiation processes across stakeholders.
For the third time, Digital Humanities partnered with the Open Science Team of the University Library of Bern for the “…in Dialogue” series. The event combined keynote talks by leading scholars in Open Science with short inputs from projects based in Bern.
Morning focus: publication models (especially journals)
Afternoon focus: publication forms for open data
For questions, please contact imdialog@ub.unibe.ch.
Venue
PROGR, Waisenhausplatz 30, Bern (Switzerland)
The workshop venue is wheelchair accessible; the entrance is at PROGR East.
Programme (11 November 2022)
Welcome
| Time | Item | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 09:15 | Welcome | Tobias Hodel (DH) & Dirk Verdicchio (University Library) |
Part 1 — Focus on Journals
| Time | Talk | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30–10:30 | Publishing in Open Access Journals. Where are we now and where do we go next? | Andrea Hacker |
| 10:30–11:30 | The Action Plan for Diamond Open Access in the humanities: why, who, how? | Pierre Mounier |
| 11:30–11:45 | Break | |
| 11:45–12:45 | Short input 1: The new digital Judaica: first experiences and an outlook | René Bloch |
| Short input 2: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual — publishing an OA journal in art history | Katharina Böhmer | |
| Short input 3: Histories — MDPI’s 229th journal: a report from experience | Jon Mathieu |
Part 2 — Focus on Data
| Time | Talk | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00–15:00 | Data talk 1: Mental maps, semi-guided interviews and perception data: publishing a mixed sociolinguistic corpus | Yvette Bürki & Melanie Würth |
| Data talk 2: Measuring the world and the openness of data: the digital edition of Alexander von Humboldt’s writings | Thomas Nehrlich | |
| Data talk 3: Breaking historical telephone directories into information packages | Heike Bazak & Tobias Hodel | |
| 15:00–15:15 | Break | |
| 15:15–15:45 | Data publication in the Humanities | Gero Schreier |
| 15:45–16:45 | Final discussion (roundtable) | Silke Bellanger |
| Apéro & informal exchange afterwards |
Documentation
The event has concluded, but the topic remains relevant. The linked page “Abstracts and video recordings” provides additional materials (slides and abstracts) for several talks.