Everything you need to know about technology |
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| Authors: | Czeslaw Jan Grycz |
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| Institution: | (1) Scholarship and Technology Study Project, University of California, Kaiser Center, Eighth Floor, 300 Lakeside Drive, 94616-3550 Oakland, CA |
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| Abstract: | Technological change in publishing comes in three forms: (1) software applications intended to increase efficiency of existing
processes; (2) entirely new publishing opportunities, and (3) pressures exerted on the system of publishing. For educators
and publishers, this poses a challenge. Teaching computer applications is often indistinguishable from mere skills-training,
and may be inappropriate for most professional publishing education programs. The study of possible business opportunities
may be impractically abstract, and consequently may be viewed with indifference by professional publishers. The study of systemic
change requires a more inclusive definition of scope than is enjoyed by most academic and in-house education programs. In
every case, fostering an understanding of the context and process of change itself is crucial for meaningful education. The
author uses examples based in traditional scholarly publishing as illustrations.
Czeslaw Jan Grycz was previously design and production manager of the University of California Press.
This article is adapted from a paper presented at the founding meeting of the International Association for Publishing Education,
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C., May 1991. |
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