Lived Places Publishing is launching the first phase of our Author Identity Metadata project: A facet to search by author place of origin. After many surveys, focus groups, conference presentations, and lengthy, soul-searching discussions, we learned some key things about how to proceed.
Lyrasis has partnered with Lived Places Publishing to offer member libraries discounted access to Intersections: Identity & Place, LPP’s flagship collection of 150 classroom-ready course readings that champion underrepresented voices and identities.
As AI takes root in the publishing industry, authors and publishing teams alike will need more support as they began to fold AI into daily practice. David Parker lays out three key points of evolution in LPP’s publishing and business operations.
Lived Places Publishing is proud to announce the launch of a Jewish Studies collection and a Middle Eastern Studies collection to bring forward the stories of real people experiencing their unique constellation of identities in troubled and often contested places.
The “sudden” rise of ChatGPT and other LLMs has raised a lot of important issues in teaching and learning environments. However, the shared lived experience between student and teacher should always be celebrated and cherished.
Come Meet David Parker at The Charleston Library Conference, Charleston, SC (November 7-10, 2023). David will be presenting on models for funding open access eBooks and participating in the Vendor Showcase.
We invite you to participate in our brief survey to help establishing an author-led set standards for identity metadata. Please feel free to share this survey with authors, librarians, and publishing professionals – we will be publishing the results of our research.
New models are emerging for funding open access, which may serve to alleviate one of the publishing industry’s most problematic practices: Levying book processing charges on authors.
When voices are actively silenced, we regress as a society. Instead, we should strive to welcome all reasoned and reasonable perspectives and the resulting discussion that arises.
PRESS RELEASE: Lived Places Publishing Announces the Launch of its First University Library Collection