Tag Archive for 'LCRM project'

Online Publishing Pilot

Published by Sylvia Miller on October 20, 2009 in LCRM Project News. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , .

Today we sent letters to some 30 UNC Press authors to let them know that their books have been chosen to be included in our online publishing pilot and give them a chance to opt out if they wish.  This pilot will follow up the prototype that we demonstrated last Spring and incorporate some of what we have learned from our focus groups and survey so far.  The following description is adapted from the letter to authors.

One central initiative of the LCRM project is the development of an online publishing platform that will enable connections among secondary works and a variety of primary sources. We are now preparing to develop a pilot implementation of this platform, testing its potential with a small collection of UNC Press books.

Scope of the publishing pilot. The core function of the publishing platform we are developing will allow users to create connections between scholarly books and digital archives of primary sources. Continue reading ‘Online Publishing Pilot’

“Bitten by the Public History Bug”

Published by Sylvia Miller on August 5, 2009 in LCRM Project News. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

The anniversary of my first day in book publishing (August 5, 1985) is a good day to observe that the LCRM project has brought me in contact with some of the most inspiring authors I have met in my twenty-four years of scholarly publishing.  They are scholar-activists who want their scholarship “to live and work in the world” (quoting Bob Korstad, whose book on the North Carolina Fund, coauthored with Jim Leloudis, will be published by UNC Press in Spring 2010 ).  They are interested in recognizing, recording, and revealing hidden histories as told and interpreted by the people who lived them.  They believe that not only are these histories valuable in themselves and must not be lost, but also that there is much that society can learn from them.

I have also met some inspiring librarians whose work is focused on making voices seen and heard that have lived in practical obscurity for a long time in archives and attics.

My colleague at UNC Press, acquiring editor Mark Simpson-Vos, says that I have been “bitten by the public history bug”!

Continue reading ‘“Bitten by the Public History Bug”’