The Collaboratory for Digital Discourse and Culture is announcing an ongiong call for proposal for our Research E-ditions, Hosting Services, and our new Digital Originals publishing series.
CDDC (http://www.cddc.vt.edu) has been in operation for over 15 years, and publishes hypertext journals, hosts digital research archives, and cooperates with many international cyberculture organizations.
As an entirely digital point-of-publication, the CDDC will review and then produce professional academic research works--either single-authored or edited collections--in a digital format. Proposals could take the form of an "e-book" that simply makes available a scholarly monograph in online format, or a collection of academic papers organized around a central theme, or a fully hypertextual experiment with new forms of digital discourse. Arrangements can be made for "print on demand" (POD) paper versions of these works, but the main focus of the CDDC is to explore the new communicative potentials of hypertext, hypermedia, and web-centered publication. The review processes will be as extensive and rigorous as those experienced in print academic communication, but it too will be conducted in a fully on-line format.
Research E-ditions
All topics are potentially of interest in the Research E-ditions series, however, we are particularly interested in manuscripts, digital archives, and hypertexts from the humanities and social sciences relating to the areas of cyberculture, social theory, literary studies, digital art, and cultural studies. In addition, the CDDC is committed to proposals from applied and natural sciences that relate directly to the fields of bioinformatics, energy and environmental studies, and information technology and communications.
Digital Originals
Digital Originals is open access publishing for book-like digital projects. We are soliciting submissions from people who have materials that originate in the digital arena, and want them to be released either under a Creative Commons license or under an Open Content License. The original documents will be peer-reviewed, edited, and published with an ISBN assigned and made freely downloadable on the CDDC website.
Proposals
Initial proposals should take the form of an one-page description of the project, including a description of the services requested, a description of the project's audience, and provide current examples of work (URLs) that is to be hosted or published. All proposals will be peer reviewed with at least two reviewers and further information may be requested. The review process is as rigorous as any academic publisher. Proposals should be sent to: cddc@vt.edu
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Josette Torres Manager, Collaboratory for Digital Discourse and Culture Department of Political Science (130) Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-1854 phone (540) 231-6078 fax cddc@vt.edu |
Timothy Luke Coordinator, Collaboratory for Digital Discourse and Culture Department of Political Science (0130) Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-6633 voice (540) 231-6078 fax twluke@vt.edu |