Cultural Studies paper by Vörös, Katalin
AHEA and Open Access Publication - Overview
Type of Abstract (select):Abstract (max. 250 words):
Open access is a social movement regarding free access to scholarly communications between the academic world, publishers and the reading public in general. Its enabling technology is the Internet, which provides "free", unrestricted distribution of the results of scholarly work. The technology allows infinite possibilities for self-publishing and blogging; however, for academic on-line publications of quality the peer review process remains standard. In this informational talk options available for academic electronic publications will be reviewed, focusing on the AHEA E-Journal: Hungarian Cultural Studies.
Brief Professional Bio (max. 100 words):
Katalin Vörös is R&D Engineering Manager Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, where she has worked for thirty years. She maintains an active informational mailing list for San Francisco Bay Area Hungarians. Katalin is Secretary/ Webmaster of AHEA and manager of the AHEA E-Journal conversion to open access project.