Digital Publishing and The Reader

这个合作研究项目的目的是调查数字环境下出版的变化性质，特别强调鼓励读者、文本和作者之间互动的例子。本项目的研究重点是图书馆情报学与出版。通过重点案例研究，它将为大英图书馆提供有关英国文化活动的馆藏建设和代表性问题的政策相关研究。该项目符合AHRC的“数字化转型”研究主题，特别是研究新兴媒体和“数字时代的传播与创造力”。它的重点是研究读者和作者之间的互动，以及新技术在塑造这些互动中的作用。英国出版业不断变化的性质是这项研究的核心，它完全符合RCUK的“数字经济”主题，包括以下主题：知识的复制和传播；新的表现形式；出版的变化；以及作者的概念。该项目将解决三个具体问题：1 .数字出版的技术变革，包括新技术和现有技术的重用，以支持读者、文本和作者之间的互动；技术变革对读者和作者行为的影响及其与文本的互动；说谎。这些变化对记忆机构的意义，特别是关于收藏建设和其他活动的问题，以代表阅读和作者行为和技术的这些变化。数字技术正在改变阅读、写作和出版，为对实验和创新感兴趣的作家和读者创造了多种机会。在未来几年内，所有的新兴作家都有望接触到新的形式和/或平台，以及与读者联系的新方式。随着读者、作者和文本之间的互动在多个平台和模式中变得更加流畅和普遍，像大英图书馆这样的记忆机构将如何捕捉和再现文本的生命？目前，读者与作者之间的互动很少与文本一起存档，尽管与作家和他们的文本在线互动是一项非常受欢迎的活动，有大量充满活力的社区和网络已经存在。任何解决阅读和出版技术变革问题的研究项目都必须解决这些变化对作者和文本的影响。巴斯斯帕大学和大英图书馆之间的博士研究合作将产生一系列开创性的案例研究，其中大英图书馆收集的与文本和游戏相关的参数可以被增强和扩展，解决出版和相关的读者/玩家/作家互动应该如何被记忆机构代表和收集的研究问题。在博士期间，学生将能够进行深入的持续案例研究，研究获奖文学作家（如Tessa Hadley教授、Philip Hensher教授、David Almond教授、Maggie Gee教授和Fay Weldon教授）的作品的写作过程、出版前、出版和出版后的读者参与。案例研究可以检验技术在所有这些关键阶段所扮演的角色，从写作到读者参与，跨越图书节、社交媒体、社交阅读以及目前整个出版生态圈。除了文学文本，案例研究也可以围绕凯特•普林格（Kate Pullinger）教授和内奥米•奥德曼（Naomi Alderman）教授在数字小说、游戏、参与式写作项目和协作文本领域所做的工作展开；巴斯温泉的创意写作部门是不寻常的，因为它的员工包括两个在这个新兴领域最杰出的和国际知名的创新者。

The purpose of this collaborative research project is to investigate the changing nature of publishing in digital environments, with particular emphasis on examples which encourage interaction between readers, texts and authors.The research focus of the project is located in library and information science and publishing. Through focused case studies, it will provide policy-relevant research for the British Library on issues related to collection-building and representation of cultural activity in Britain.This project fits within the AHRC 'Digital Transformations' research theme, in particular examining emerging media and 'communication and creativity in a digital age'. Its focus is on examining the interaction between readers and authors, and the role of new technologies in shaping these interactions. The changing nature of UK publishing is central to this research, and it fits firmly within the RCUK's 'Digital Economy' theme, including topics such as: the reproduction and dissemination of knowledge; new forms of expression; changes in publishing; and notions of authorship.The project would address three specific questions:1. Technology change in digital publishing, including new technologies and reuse of existing technologies to support interaction between readers, texts and authors;2. The impact of technology change on behaviours of readers and authors and their interaction with texts; and3. The significance of these changes for memory institutions, in particular questions on collection building and other activities to represent these changes in reading and authorship behaviours and technologies.Digital technologies are transforming reading, writing and publishing, creating multiple opportunities for writers and readers interested in experimentation and innovation. Within a few years, all emerging writers will be expected to be engaged with new forms and/or platforms as well as new ways of connecting with readers. As interaction between readers, writers, and texts becomes more fluid and pervasive across multiple platforms and modes, how will the life of a text be captured and represented by memory institutions like the British Library? Currently, reader-writer interaction is seldom archived alongside the text, though engagement with writers and their texts online is a hugely popular activity with large and vibrant communities and networks already existing. Any research project that addresses questions around technological change in reading and publishing must also address the impact of these changes on authors and texts.A doctoral research collaboration between Bath Spa University and the British Library will produce a series of ground-breaking case studies where the parameters of what the British Library collects in relation to texts and games could be augmented and expanded, addressing the research question of how publishing and related reader/player/writer interaction should be represented and collected by memory institutions. Within the time period of the doctorate the student will be able to run in-depth on-going case studies looking at the writing process, pre-publication, publication, and post-publication reader engagement of books by award-winning literary writers like Prof Tessa Hadley, Prof Philip Hensher, Prof David Almond, Prof Maggie Gee, and Prof Fay Weldon. Case studies could examine the role that technology plays in all these key stages, from writing to reader engagement across book festivals, social media, social reading and the whole ecosphere of publishing currently. As well as literary texts, case studies could be built around the work that Prof Kate Pullinger and Prof Naomi Alderman do in the field of digital fiction, games, participatory writing projects, and collaborative texts; Bath Spa's creative writing department is unusual in that its staff includes two of the most prominent and internationally-renowned innovators in this emerging field.