Publications Only Workshops
The Publications Only Workshops are designed for participants meeting the requirements for acceptance in at least one of three categories: 1) An idea or a digital project in hand. 2) Access to and permission to create an online edition of out-of-print publications. 3) A resume and a fully developed 2-page prospectus that meets the following proposal guidelines.

1. Overview of your project’s subject matter, argument, and methodology.
2. Justification for choosing to publish a digital publication versus a traditional one.
3. List similar publications in the field.
4. Anticipated readership.
5. List types of media you expect to use (text, data, images, video, etc.).
6. Your desired completion date.

After acceptance into the workshops, participants receive an individualized plan of action for the production of their particular publication. Each plan of action consists of at least two edited versions, approval by two peer reviewers, copyright clearance, complete metadata schema, assigned ISBN (or ISSN) & DOIs and final tech-check. Applications for Workshops are open at the beginning of each month.

DSDA Institute
The Digital Scholarship for the Digital Age (DSDA) Institute has an application process that requires the above-identified prospectus and a formal interview. Upon acceptance into the institute, participants will be expected to complete the 8-modules incubation workshop curriculum based on the original award-winning AFRO PWW model. This model combines the Introduction to Digital Publishing Seminar with hands-on training for each of the four IOPN-supported publishing platforms (Pressbooks, Omeka, Scalar, OJS). Participants will be expected to make weekly progress based on the institute’s curriculum and consultations conducted by the project’s digital publishing specialists.  While experience with digital platforms is preferred, a willingness to commit to learning is key to the selection process for both educational opportunities.

Following the course design and syllabus modules, scholars will be able to:

• explain the importance of digital publishing for 21st-century educational institutions and the value of the field of Black Studies and HBCUs.
• analyze the benefits and problems of digital publishing.
• develop plans for the publications they will create in the tools.
• identify the different functions of each platform and the differences in their interfaces.
• analyze the advantages and drawbacks of affordances for each platform.
• create metadata for two publications.
• explain differences in platform workflows.
• demonstrate proficiency in each platform by accurately performing assigned tasks.
• create and design storyboards or wireframes for two publications based on prospectus.

In addition to the above tasks, participants will be guided in the production of designs using two digital platforms or the choice for the creation of a digital publishing teaching module. The deadline for applications is April 1^st. Institute begins on April 10^th.