About the Hybrid PubLisHing Lab
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The Hybrid Publishing Lab at Leuphana University Lüneburg researches and develops new forms of academic publishing and communication for the digital era. It works with publishers, librarians, software developers and authors on concepts and technologies like open access publishing. The lab aims to turn academic research into applied experiments and business models through projects like a Hybrid Publishing Consortium consulting on open source software solutions. It explores opportunities in digital dissemination, networking, and new models of knowledge, education, and communication.
About the Hybrid PubLisHing Lab
- 1. Hybrid PubLishing lab. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Innovations-Inkubator
- 2. rethinking academic » communication in the digital age. The Hybrid Publishing Lab researches, develops and engages with new forms of academic publishing and communication for the digital era.
- 3. the approach Working with publishers, librarians, software developers and authors, the Hybrid Publishing Lab engages with new concepts and technologies of digital publishing particularly focusing on the humanities. By embedding these results into economic projects, for example with setting up a “Hybrid Publishing Consortium” to consult about Open Source software solutions, academic research is not only turned into an applied experiment but into a business model. Central for the Lab’s projects is the idea of open access regarding education, academic knowledge and research, as well as a strong curiosity about new business models in a disruptive digital environment.
- 4. the future » is open. the ‘digital shift’ gives rise to new models of knowledge dissemination, ways of researching, and communicating among networked ecologies.
- 5. the OPPORTUNITY Digital distribution channels have changed the access to science and education as well as the further use of academic knowledge thereby introducing important keywords like “Open Access” and “Open Science.” New forms of communication are on the rise like scholarly blogs, videos of conference lectures or the distribution of academic papers via the universities’ repositories. However, for a qualitative evaluation, a consistent quotation, a long-term data archiving as well as for an economically viable publishing solutions that will prove satisfactory still have to be found. The fascinating new technologies of a global, instant and interactive publishing must be made available to the humanities in this digital era – an interesting and important challenge.
- 6. transdisciplinary research » & development. a platform for collaboration among researchers, independant publishers, and small business enterprises to explore emergent ideas.
- 7. the research initiatives ¤ BUSINESS/Academic communication ¤ environment learning ¤ hyperimage Collaborating closely with small The potential of lifelong learning in a The innovative research and medium enterprises, new digital environment will be explored environment allows new ways publishing technologies and hybrid working closely amongst others with of assemble, edit, publish, and business models are researched TempusCorporate GmbH and the archive pictures, which will be and developed. The aim is firstly publisher Die ZEIT. further refined. A business case to establish a “Hybrid Publishing is developed. Consortium” that can support publishers in the future; secondly to experiment with new formats of scholarly communication like liquid books, blogs, video, or social media.
- 8. cooperate with the HPL. The Hybrid Publishing Lab is part of the Centre for Digital Culture (CDC), which brings together the transdisciplinary research on digital media of circa 80 academics of the EU funded Innovation Incubator at the Leuphana University LÜneburg. the hpl is directed by Dr. Mercedes Bunz with 20 staff members and is financed until end of July 2015. Adresse: Hybrid Publishing Lab Innovations-Inkubator, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Scharnhorststraße 1, 21335 Lüneburg Tel: +49 4131 677 9000 www.hybridpublishing.org www.leuphana.de/inkubator/digitale-medien/hybrid-publishing.html
- 9. Hybrid PubLishing lab. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Innovations-Inkubator