Making a Public History Dissertation More Public

Making a Public History Dissertation (or any Scholarship) More Public

Sheila A. BrennanAssoc Dir of Public Projects

Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New MediaGeorge Mason University

@sherah1918 | sbrennan@gmu.edu

http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/

http://zotero.org

https://chnm.gmu.edu/staff/sheila/lot49/?page_id=7/

WordPress + Comment Press for open peer review http://www.lotfortynine.org/stampingamericanmemory/

Omeka online collection of sources with metadata

Make stamp images available, together with sources contributed by others with a public contribution form.

Clearly mark your writing, so others can see how to use. Make use of Creative Commons licenses.

Peter Suber on Open Access: http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm

http://railroads.unl.edu/

http://railroads.unl.edu/resources/

You can do it too, using some of these platforms

Public History Scholarship Should be More Open!

Sheila A. BrennanAssoc Dir of Public Projects

Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New MediaGeorge Mason University

@sherah1918 | sbrennan@gmu.edu