Open-Access, Multimodality, and Writing Center Studies

The disciplinary triad of open-access, multimodality, and writing center studies presents a timely, critical lens for discussing academic publishing in a moment of crucibilic change, where rapid technological advancements force scholars and institutions t

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Open-Access, Multimodality, and Writing Center Studies

Elisabeth H. Buck

Open-Access, Multimodality, and Writing Center Studies

Elisabeth H. Buck Writing and Reading Center University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA

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For Martin, Eleanor, Jean, and Ted, who (in various and important ways) bolstered my journey into higher education And for Clara, who is just starting hers

Acknowledgments

On a spring day in 2008, I received an email that changed my life. An anonymous professor had recommended that I apply to work as a tutor in the Learning Resource Center and, as goes the cliché, this book represents the culmination of that simple missive. My sincere thanks then goes to Ann Stenglein, Maureen McBride, Bill Macauley, and Jackie Grutsch McKinney for giving me the opportunity to explore this path. I thank you all for your guidance, support, and embodiment of what it means to be a successful writing center practitioner. Thanks to all those in Muncie and Massachusetts who supported me throughout this process, especially Nicki Baker, Kat Greene, Morgan Gross, Ke