The University of Guadalajara, through a project created by the Environmental Sciences Museum as part of the University’s Cultural Center, and with the support of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, has established the José Emilio Pacheco City and Nature Award. The prize, which will be given for the first time this year, will be dedicated to poetry. The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will be given a purse of US $10,000. The award is dedicated to poet José Emilio Pacheco, whose work explores the duality between cities and nature.
Created by the University of Guadalajara, and with the collaboration of the National Institute for Indigenous Languages, the Culture Ministry, the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Cultures and Jalisco’s Department of Education, the American Indigenous Literature Award is granted to enrich, protect and promote the legacy and richness of Mexico’s indigenous peoples through literature in all its forms, and to and acknowledge and further develop the careers and works of indigenous authors. The award, which carries a purse of US $25,000, will be given for the fourth time at the 2016 FIL Guadalajara.
The SM Ibero-American Award for Literature for Children and Young People was implemented in 2005, the year of Ibero-American literature, with the goal of promoting literature for children and young people throughout Ibero-America. The award is given out each year during the Guadalajara International Book Fair to recognize writers of literature for children and young people and carries a purse of US $30,000.
Juan Carlos Quezadas
Karime Cardona Cury
With the goal of creating a network that helps to encourage the work of illustrators of books for children and young people in Ibero-America, the SM Foundation and the FIL Guadalajara invites illustrators to submit their work to be included in the Annual Ibero-American Illustration Catalog. The 45 works selected will be displayed in an exposition at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. In addition, illustrators will have the opportunity to work on an illustrated book with Ediciones SM and the winner will be given US $5,000. You can find more information at: www.iberoamericailustra.com
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International University and Academic Publishing Forum
Panel 3: Open Science and Its Implications for University Publishing
Communicating Science: A Shared Commitment
The construction of science is a long-term endeavor that allows us to question and understand our environment, invites us to ponder major issues, analyze various problems, and find answers to countless questions. Access to science fosters critical and transformative capacities within our societies and drives the democratization of knowledge: a right and a common good. University presses are integral to academic communities, and our work in selecting, publishing, and disseminating content positions us as a communication window, a bridge for the transfer and linkage of knowledge. Science belongs to everyone and should serve the creation of a genuine knowledge society. From the perspective of university publishing, we invite you to reflect on how we can approach science with an Ibero-American vision, what joint projects we can build, how to ensure investment in scientific development, what policies can protect it, and how we can reach a broader audience of readers.
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International University and Academic Publishing Forum
Panel 3: Open Science and Its Implications for University Publishing
Open access has been part of strategies for disseminating academic and university content for over two decades. However, simply sharing freely through repositories and publication catalogs is not enough to ensure its use. What do we need to do to go beyond this and actively participate in the construction of open science?
Participants: Remedios Pérez, Gustavo Solórzano Alfaro, Marco Giraldo
Moderator: María Fernanda Pampín
Remedios Pérez
Vice President of the Spanish Union of University Publishers (UNE). Director of the University Press at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Holds degrees in Art History and in Library and Information Science. At UNE, she coordinates the open access initiative and relations with libraries. For the past two years, she has been collaborating with FECYT to develop the criteria for the quality seal for journals.
Other activities involving the participant:
Discussion: Projects and Contributions of Spanish University Publishing
Gustavo Solórzano Alfaro
Director of the University Press of the State University at a Distance (EUNED) since 2022. He is a writer, editor, critic, translator, and professor. He won the National Aquileo J. Echeverría Poetry Award in 2023. He holds a Master’s degree in Latin American Literature from the University of Costa Rica, where he also pursued a PhD in Cultural Studies. He is the author of 12 books, including Nadie que esté feliz escribe (2017) and La culpa (2023).
Other activities involving the participant:
Meeting of University Press Associations from Ibero-America
Marco Giraldo
Executive President of the Colombian Association of University Publishers (Aseúc). Editorial Head at the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Academic Editor. Holds a degree in Modern Languages from the Universidad de Caldas, a specialization in Intellectual Property Law from the Universidad Sergio Arboleda, and a Master's in Cultural Management and Production from the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano.
Other activities involving the participant:
Meeting of University Press Associations from Ibero-America
María Fernanda Pampín
Director of Publications at the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (Clacso). She holds a PhD in Literature and a degree in Linguistics from the University of Buenos Aires. She directs several collections, including Archipiélago Caribe and Narrativas al Sur del Río Bravo at Corregidor. She compiled the anthology of José Martí: Selected Poems, the essay volume Modernity and Latin Americanism by Ángel Rama, with Julio Ramos Martí, and the book Caribbean Literatures: Debates, Rewritings, and Traditions, with Guadalupe Silva.