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Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
DOCU0009-1  Aspects of digital publishing

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Master in Information and Communication, Professional Focus in Cultural Mediation and Book-related Professions, 2nd year2
Lecturer :  Pascal Durand
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the second semester
Course contents :  
The course will make a deep insight into the "digital turn" of the publishing industry, from author to reader. Each lecture will articulate two points of view : the study of a specific topic, followed by a critical analysis of the digital book industry news.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
1. Understanding, thanks to cases studies, its internal (between several economical systems) as well as external tensions (regarding traditional publishing or other medias).

2. Developing in-depth knowledge of the possibilities offered by the digital revolution in terms of books.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
The timetable will be set in agreement with the students, who are requested to get in touch with the lecturer at the start of the academic year.
See: http://www.infocom.ulg.ac.be
Recommended or required readings :  
Suggested readings:
- ANDERSON (Chris), La Longue traîne, Paris, Pearson Education France, 2007 [2006]. - DACOS (Marin) et MOUNIER (Pierre), L'édition électronique, Paris, La Découverte, 2010. - DONNAT (Olivier), Les Pratiques culturelles des français à l'ère numérique, Paris, La Découverte, 2009. - DOUYÈRE (David) et REILLIER (Frédéric), « L'édition électronique », dans LEGENDRE (Bertrand) (dir.), Les Métiers de l'édition, Paris, Éditions du Cercle de la Librairie, 2007, pp. 79-135. - DURAND (Pascal), « Quant au livre. Prophéties et pouvoirs », dans MICHON (Jacques), Éditions et Pouvoirs, Laval, Presses de l'Université de Laval, 1995, pp. 285-304. - DURAND (Pascal) et WINKIN (Yves), « L'Avenir du livre : morts et transfigurations », dans Guide des médias, Deurne, Kluwer, 1992. - JACQUESSON (Alain), Google Livres et le futur des bibliothèques numériques, Paris, Éditions du Cercle de la librairie, 2010. - JEANNENEY (Jean-Noël), Quand Google défie l'Europe, Paris, Mille et Une Nuits, 2010. - MOLLIER (Jean-Yves) (dir.), Où va le livre ?, La Dispute, 2007. - ROBIN (Christian), Les livres dans l'univers numérique, La Documentation Française, « Études de la Documentation française », 2011. - ROUET (François), Le livre. Mutations d'une industrie culturelle, Paris, La Documentation française, 2007.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
The examination will be both oral and written. The written examination will consist in a paper of 10 000 caracters on a subject defined by the teacher for each student. The oral examination is an interrogation about the written dissertation, related to the course.
Work placement(s) :  
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Organizational remarks :  
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Contacts :  
Course head, Pascal Durand, lecturer, Department of the art and science of communication, Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor, pascal.durand@ulg.ac.be.
Assistant, Tanguy Habrand, Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor, tel. 04 366 5717, tanguy.habrand@ulg.ac.be. Associate, Björn-Olav Dozo, Place Cockerill, 3-5, tel. 04 366 5214, bo.dozo@ulg.ac.be. Secretariat, tel. 04 366 32 86.



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