Presentation for the Society for History in the Federal Government conference, April 4, 2013

1. Making a Public History Dissertation
(or any Scholarship) More Public
Sheila A. Brennan
Assoc Dir of Public Projects
Roy Rosenzweig Center for
History & New Media
George Mason University
@sherah1918 |
sbrennan@gmu.edu

2. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/

3. http://zotero.org

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

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

6. Omeka online collection of sources with metadata

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

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

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

10. http://railroads.unl.edu/

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

12. You can do it too, using some of these
platforms

13. Public History Scholarship Should be
More Open!
Sheila A. Brennan
Assoc Dir of Public Projects
Roy Rosenzweig Center for
History & New Media
George Mason University
@sherah1918 |
sbrennan@gmu.edu