Peter Potter
@peterpotter89
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Publishing Director, University Libraries at Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Joined February 2014
Worthwhile reading: The High Anxiety of Submitting a Book Proposal
chronicle.com
Four reasons why academics fret over the submission process, and why it’s time to let go of those fears.
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State of Open Monograph Series: Author Attitudes toward Open Access On the @digitalsci blog, @peterpotter89 highlights takeaways from an author roundtable at the October 2020 TOME stakeholders meeting. #OpenAccess #OpenScholarship
https://t.co/M4TC2tISQr
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If you're attending the Charleston Library Conference 2020 @chsconf this week, don't forget to join @zelda5001 and @herrison at the #OpenAccess #Monographs Solve-a-palooza session at 5:15pm GMT today! Click here for more information: https://t.co/IgsExQRyLh
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Congratulations to @DannaAgmon and @CornellPress for winning the 2020 Albert Lee Sturm Award for Faculty Excellence
news.vt.edu
As the historian of French colonialism began researching a new book, her first book was recognized by Virginia Tech’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter.
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See my post in @digitalsci blog series on state of open monograph publishing in South Africa: https://t.co/NRPcNmhfoC. Thanks especially to Glenn Truran @SANLiCnews, Andrew Joseph @WitsUniversity Press, @MariaFrahmArp, Meiya Nthoesane @UNISAPress, and Faith Magwaza @ukzn!
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A new publication from Virginia Tech Publishing—an important look at the use of proxies in Syria.
Check out my latest in @CarnegieCorp's Proxy War Project where I argue the US must be more selective when picking proxies or risk strategic friction as evidenced in its relationship with #SDF. Big thanks to @ariel_ahram for making it happen! https://t.co/Cg214E6BQl
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A new book on farmers markets as places by Architect Kathryn Albright of @VTCAUS and published through a unique partnership between @ucincipress and @VirginiaTechPub. @BurgFarmMarket is prominently featured!
Exploring the Architecture of Place in America’s Public and Farmers Markets by Kathryn Clarke Albright is reviewed in The American Conservative: "a fascinating survey of one of the most hopeful corners of American public life." https://t.co/feGOOETgW5
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Today, we launched a new website with a wealth of information about TOME for authors, publishers, university administrators, and librarians. #OpenAccess #OpenScholarship @AAUniversities @AUPresses
https://t.co/eBh9pR5xvY
arl.org
TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) creates website to build a community of scholars, publishers, librarians, university administrators that increases access to humanities and social sciences...
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Virginia Tech's Peter Potter: OA books have been slower to take off in N America than in Europe, but now seeing many US-led experiments and initiatives, e.g. Manifold, @ScholarLed, Lever Press, Sustainable History Monograph Pilot, and more. #OAI11
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Peter Potter column: University research produced for public good must be available to those who pay for it https://t.co/aB6a9GNdoo via @RTDOpinions
richmond.com
Universities across Virginia, including Virginia Tech, are paying close attention to what’s happening in for-profit scholarly publishing across the globe. Universities, especially public research...
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Plan S and the UC-Elsevier negotiations—publication as part of research funding
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University of California v. Elsevier: Why It Matters to Virginia https://t.co/tZhiGKe99G via @openatvt
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A new peer-reviewed Open Access book available from VT Publishing on the power of network thinking and analysis. Great collaboration with @NLMdirector @nlm_news and @NEH_ODH
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University Press of Kentucky nears its 75th birthday facing Bevin’s budget cuts https://t.co/70T2PnfXtI Gov Bevins is targeting UPress of Kentucky for major cuts. UPK needs our support
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Very excited to hear GW scholar @LorenaABarba speak next week at @VTLibraries about "What Savvy Open Scholars Know and Do"
“Open Doors for Research, Learning, and Creativity”—announcing my visit for Destination Areas Global Speaker Series https://t.co/5pEcpB8H5G
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Congratulations to my friends @VCULibraries on achieving ARL status! Happy for you!
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Best wishes to Penn Libraries with this bold move https://t.co/kaHwdn87PN via @beprexit
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