A joint project of the American Historical Association, the American Council of Learned Societies’ History E-Book Project, Columbia University Press, and the History Cooperative. This event is free and open to the public. However, to insure we have enough seats to accommodate everyone at the workshop and the reception, please RSVP to Rob Townsend. by December 1, 2003.

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Welcoming Remarks
Marriott, Wilson Suite A

Robert Darnton, Princeton University
Kate Wittenberg, Columbia University Press
Ron Musto and Eileen Gardiner, Project Directors, ACLS History E-Book Project
Michael Grossberg, Indiana University Press, and editor, AHR

2:00–3:45 p.m.

Session 1. Putting the “e” in E-history: Problems, Choices, and Models for Historians
Marriott, Wilson Suite B.

Chair:	Lynn Hunt, University of California at Los Angeles
Presentations:	"Ceci n'est pas un livre," but "This is a history book": Rethinking History Books and Historiography in the Age of Electronic Publication
	Gregory S. Brown, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
	When Online Scholarship Is More than Just an Article
	William G. Thomas, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia
	From Archive to e-Book: Using the Medium to Do More
	Benjamin G. Kohl, emeritus, Vassar College
Discussion:	The Audience

4:00–5:45 p.m.

Session 2. How Electronic Publishing Is Changing Academic Writing, Teaching, and Careers
Marriott, Wilson Suite B

Chair:	Arnita A. Jones, American Historical Association
Presentations:	Soliciting and Publishing Online Articles and Book Reviews for Electronic Historical Scholarship
	Michael Grossberg
	Making Digital History Count: Tenure and Academic Rewards
	Peter N. Stearns, George Mason University
	Breaking Down Walls: Online Scholarship and the History Classroom
	David Jaffee, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Discussion:	The Audience

6:00–7:00 p.m.

Reception
Marriott, Wilson Suite C

9:00–9:20 a.m.

Plenary 1. Getting Started
Marriott, Wilson Suite A

Address:

Roy Rosenzweig, George Mason University and vice president, AHA Research Division

9:30–11:30 a.m.

Roundtable Workshops

Workshop 1. Authors (Past, Present, and Future)
Marriott, Wilson Suite B

A discussion of what future authors should think about before and during the writing project.

Moderators:	Gregory S. Brown, University of Nevada at Las Vegas
	Benjamin Kohl, ACLS History E-Book Project
	William G. Thomas III, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia

Workshop 2. Journal Editors
Marriott, Wilson Suite C

A discussion of how one integrates electronic scholarship into the peer review and book review processes. How do we establish real review and evaluation methods and criteria for e-history? Can one maintain double blind peer reviewing in the electronic age? How do you balance a review of the scholarship with a review of the use of the medium? Can one create closer ties between the new scholarship of the journal and the history classroom through the online medium?

Moderator:

Joanne Meyerowitz, Indiana University and editor, Journal of American History

Workshop 3. Department Chairs
Marriott, Harding Room

A discussion of how to integrate electronic scholarship into the tenure review process. A summary report on the AHA tenure survey will be distributed.

Moderator:

Kenneth J. Andrien, Ohio State University

Workshop 4. Publishers and Editors
Marriott, Coolidge Room

A discussion of the problems and prospects of publishing electronic scholarship. How can we identify potential authors and acquire titles for the medium? Do authors of online scholarship require more hand-holding? What has worked, what hasn’t in terms of authors’ stature, title content, structure of the e-book.

Moderators:	Kate Wittenberg, Columbia University Press
	Ron Musto and Eileen Gardiner, Project Directors, ACLS History E-Book Project

Workshop 5. Technicals and Librarians
Marriott, Hoover Room

A discussion of whether and how we can insure projects as varied as Gutenberg-e, History-e, and the History Cooperative will be able to speak to each other at a technical level, be most useful to users, and satisfy the concerns of librarians who help mediate their access and use. How can we standardize structures of electronic scholarship for reading, citation, and statistical reporting? Do we know how these books are being used?

Moderators:	Abby Smith, Director of Programs, Council on Library and Information Resources
	Michael Jensen, National Academies Press
	Nancy Lin, ACLS History E-Book Project

11:45–12:30 p.m.

Plenary 2. Where Do We Go from Here?
Marriott, Wilson Room A

Chair:	Stanley N. Katz, Princeton University
Reports:	Session moderators
Summary Remarks:	Stanley N. Katz