]u[ Ubiquity Press February Newsletter
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Welcome to the first ]u[ Ubiquity Press newsletter of 2024!
Spring is nearly here and we are looking ahead to another fruitful year, as are our journals; we have plenty of calls for papers going, plus an exciting opportunity to shape the future of the Journal of Open Research Software.
Since our last newsletter, we have seen the publication of two hotly anticipated ]u[ Ubiquity Press books, and our journals have been busy producing some innovative special collections. Read on to find out more…
- ]u[ Ubiquity Press attends London Book Fair
- Hot off the press — ]u[ Ubiquity Press publishes two new books
- Buildings and Cities publishes three new special collections
- Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME) publishes new special collection
- Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) team win award for ‘Deep Impact: A Study on the Impact of Data Papers and Datasets in the Humanities and Social Sciences’
- Spotlight on: Ubiquity Proceedings
- Calls for papers
- Jobs and opportunities
]u[ Ubiquity Press attends the London Book Fair, alongside White Rose University Press (WRUP), Helsinki University Press (HUP), Latin America Research Commons (LARC), and University Press Library Open (UPLO)
]u[ Ubiquity Press is heading to London Book Fair 2024! We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting on a stand alongside three presses from the ]u[ Ubiquity Partner Network; White Rose University Press (WRUP), Helsinki University Press (HUP), and Latin America Research Commons (LARC).
We will also be representing the University Press Library Open (UPLO), a new open access initiative hosted by ]u[ Ubiquity, which will host content from fifty-plus traditional print University Press Library partners, making them fully available as Open Access. The platform will have a central focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and is funded by De Gruyter’s not-for-profit foundation, eBound.
You will be able to find us on Stand 7A34, from 12th-14th March at Olympia London. Make sure you stop by to look at just a small selection of some of the innovative titles published by ]u[ Ubiquity Press, WRUP, HUP and LARC, and to find out more about the UPLO.
Hot off the press — ]u[ Ubiquity Press publishes two new books
Our book publishing team had a busy end to 2023, with two new ]u[ Ubiquity Press titles coming out late last year. To find out more about either book, simply click the link below the cover image, or the title below.
Leaving No One Behind, Leaving No One Unaccountable, by Luka Glušac
Leaving No One Behind is the 22nd paper in the SSR paper series, a series that explores and analyses the challenges of security sector governance and reform, and is produced in collaboration with The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF).
Based on state-of-the-field, interdisciplinary research with a global perspective, Leaving No One Behind offers the first comprehensive account of the role of ombuds institutions in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 16. It offers a granular analysis of all SDG 16 targets, demonstrating how ombuds institutions could contribute to achieving each of them.
About the author: Luka Glušac, PhD, is Assistant Director and Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, where he focuses on human rights, good governance, and security. His main area of expertise is the institutional design of independent oversight bodies, especially ombuds institutions and anti-corruption agencies. He is particularly interested in their role in security sector governance.
Can’t Touch This: Digital Approaches to Materiality in Culture Heritage, by Dr Chiara Palladino and Dr Gabriel Bodard
Can’t Touch This is a broadly interdisciplinary volume exploring the tension between the materiality of cultural heritage artefacts and the intangible aspects of digital methods.
Palladino and Bodard argue that the ever-increasing digitisation of cultural heritage and immaterial knowledge is affecting the ways in which people relate to their culture and history. They address many of the most pressing issues in the field of Digital Humanities, asking provocative questions such as ‘who “owns” a digital artefact?’.
About the authors: Chiara Palladino is Assistant Professor of Classics at Furman University. She works on the application of digital technologies to the study of ancient texts. Her current main interests are in the use of semantic annotation and modelling for the analysis of ancient spatial narratives, and in the implementation of NLP methods for reading and investigating historical languages.
Gabriel Bodard teaches Classics, Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage at the University of London. His research includes standards for digital encoding of inscribed texts, especially from Northern Africa, applying linked open data to place and person records, 3D approaches to built heritage, and ancient religion and magic.
Buildings and Cities publishes three new special collections
The journal Buildings and Cities had a productive end to 2023, publishing three special collections in late November. Each collection features a wealth of innovative research surrounding the journal’s subject area. You can find out more about each special collection, and read the collection in full, by clicking on the titles below:
‘Social value of the built environment’ explores current and potential approaches to defining, delivering, monitoring, and evaluating social value in the built environment, its benefits and consequences, and its relation to other existing policy mechanisms.
‘Data politics in the built environment’ aims to improve our collective understanding of the practices, politics, and power implications of data-driven buildings and cities.
‘Understanding demolition’ explores why demolition occurs and its environmental, socio-economic, and cultural drivers, potentials and consequences, as well as policy and practices pertaining to avoiding demolition at different scales.
Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME) publishes new special collection
The Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME) has released a new special collection entitled ‘Interdisciplinarity Open Technology-Enhanced Learning’.
The collection brings together work by researchers both inside and outside the Open Technology Enhanced Learning (OpenTEL) group, addressing major barriers to learning — lack of resources, unequal access to resources, limited access for people with disabilities, growing recognition of the scale of mental health issues — and identifying ways of reducing these barriers in TEL contexts.
Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) team win award for ‘Deep Impact: A Study on the Impact of Data Papers and Datasets in the Humanities and Social Sciences’
We were delighted to hear that members of the Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) editorial team won the Publications 2022 Best Paper Award for 10th Anniversary, run by MDPI.
‘Deep Impact: A Study on the Impact of Data Papers and Datasets in the Humanities and Social Sciences’ was authored by JOHD editorial team members Barbara McGillivray, Paola Marongiu, Marton Ribary, Mandy Wigdorowitz and Eleonora Zordan, along with Nilo Pedrazzini. The paper demonstrates that data papers for humanities data improve the visibility of data sets, support research articles, and contribute to open research. Congratulations to the authors!
Spotlight on: Ubiquity Proceedings
This month’s journal spotlight falls on Ubiquity Proceedings, ]u[ Ubiquity Press’ own conference proceedings journal.
Ubiquity Proceedings was established to provide conference organisers with a platform to easily publish and disseminate conference output in a cost-effective and professional manner. The journal is not subject-specific, and is open to publishing conference output from across all disciplines.
To date, Ubiquity Proceedings has published the output of three conferences, including the 5th International Small Sample Test Techniques Conference, taking place at Swansea University in 2018, and the 2022 conference Pandemic Perspectives: Reflections on a Post-Covid World, organised by the Pandemic Perspectives group.
Most recently, Ubiquity Proceedings published the output from the 2023 EDEN Dublin Annual Conference, the conference of Eden Digital Learning Europe, an international educational association and not-for-profit organisation. The conference explored the theme, ‘“Yes we can!” — Digital Education for Better Futures’, challenging participants to think critically about what a better future might look like, and how digital education can contribute to this future.
If you are interested in publishing your conference proceedings in Ubiquity Proceedings, you can get in touch with the journal manager to find out more.
Calls for papers:
The Tilburg Law Review is seeking papers for its 2025 special issue entitled ‘Technology as a Connector of Organizations in a Socially Sustainable World’. This issue will explore the pivotal role of technology in fostering socially sustainable connections among organisations within the complex framework of interconnected activities and globalised relations.
The deadline for manuscript submissions is 1st November 2024.
Download the full call for papers.
Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval
The journal Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TSMIR) is now accepting submissions for contributions for a special collection entitled ‘Multi-Modal Music Information Retrieval’, which will feature papers on multi-modal systems in all their diversity. The journal particularly encourages under-explored repertoire, new connections between fields, and novel research areas.
The deadline for submissions is 1st August 2024. The journal recommends that you get in touch with the editorial team in advance if you plan to submit.
Download the full call for papers.
UKSG’s journal Insights is seeking submissions for its new issue ‘Innovation in academic libraries and academic publishing’. The focus of this call is on innovation, and stories about the projects and initiatives that are identifying new ways to support education and research. It is an opportunity for information professionals to share their wisdom and experiences.
Jobs and opportunities:
The Journal of Open Research Software (JORS) is seeking applications for the positions of Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor, to start in Spring 2024 at the latest.
JORS is an international, peer-reviewed journal, publishing Software Metapapers describing research software with high reuse potential, as well as full-length research papers covering different aspects of creating, maintaining, and evaluating open source research software.
The team is looking for qualified candidates who can commit to investing time in working to develop and grow the journal. The deadline for applications is 26th March 2024; interested candidates can get in touch with the journal’s Editorial Account Manager.
That’s all from us for now — we will be back with the latest ]u[ Ubiquity Press news in two months time.
In the meantime, you can always keep up to date with what’s going on at the press via X, and also via our community portal, ]u[ Community. Not a member, but believe you should be? Get in touch to request access.
Until next time!
- The ]u[ Ubiquity Press Team
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