As part of the grant we were awarded by the Mellon Foundation to research and prototype a reader-focused ‘open web-books’ ecosystem for scholarly monographs, we are conducting a survey on “deep reading” experiences of longform scholarly works. If you’re an instructor, librarian, graduate student, or frequent reader of academic monographs, please complete our survey. ThisKeep reading “Please Take This Survey, Part of our Mellon-Funded Research on Digital Reading Experiences”
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Update: Pilot Open Textbook Projects
Please Take This Survey, Part of our Mellon-Funded Research on Digital Reading Experiences As part of our Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded research project to prototype an open, web-based reading system, we are conducting a survey on “deep reading” experiences of longform works, like scholarly monographs. This survey will help us to better understand the benefits andKeep reading “Update: Pilot Open Textbook Projects “
Rebus Community Facilitates Open Textbook Creation with 12 New Pilot Projects
The Rebus Community for Open Textbook Creation, a major initiative of the Rebus Foundation, has announced its first 12 open textbook projects. These open textbook projects will receive support from Rebus Community in the form of project management; help finding collaborators including authors, editors and proofreaders; peer review coordination, and support for design and formatting;Keep reading “Rebus Community Facilitates Open Textbook Creation with 12 New Pilot Projects”
Mellon Foundation grant funds Rebus prototype for a digital reader
The Rebus Foundation will research and prototype an open, web-based scholarly reading system, supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The US$75,000, one-year grant will enable a team to focus on an open web-book platform that prioritizes the needs of scholarly readers. Close scholarly reading of texts requires readers to process multipleKeep reading “Mellon Foundation grant funds Rebus prototype for a digital reader”
Rebus Foundation awarded grant from the Mellon Foundation for prototyping a reader-focused ‘open webbooks’ ecosystem for scholarly monographs
MONTREAL – Feb. 7, 2017 – The Rebus Foundation will research and prototype an open, Web-based scholarly reading system, supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The US$75,000, one-year grant will enable a team to focus on an open webbook ecosystem that prioritizes the needs of scholarly readers. “Close scholarly reading ofKeep reading “Rebus Foundation awarded grant from the Mellon Foundation for prototyping a reader-focused ‘open webbooks’ ecosystem for scholarly monographs”
Rebus Foundation Launches Rebus Community
The Rebus Foundation has launched its first project, The Rebus Community for Open Textbook Creation. The Rebus Community will build a new, collaborative model for open textbook publishing. Its mission is to publish many new, high-quality CC-BY-licensed open textbooks that can be freely used and remixed by educators worldwide. In addition, the community will provideKeep reading “Rebus Foundation Launches Rebus Community”