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“As fair use protections and potentials continue to expand, how can nonspecialists help shape a more rational future for fair use? ” On February 25th, an EDUCAUSE Live event took place called “The Future of Fair Use” delivered by Steve Anderson. The event is available for download at adobeconnect here. The session is a wonderful [...]
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With assistance from the Research Enterprise and Scholarly Communications Team a part of the University of Guelph Library, the Research Shop adopts Open Access guidelines! The Research Shop is another name for the Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship (ICES). ICES fosters collaborative and mutually beneficial community-university research partnerships. ICES draws on strong traditions of community [...]
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Peer-review was meant to be a safeguard against the publication of bad science but the balance is shifting towards open access The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to cover up flawed data; moves [...]
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A new study (currently under refereeing) reveals that “articles whose authors make them Open Access (OA) by self-archiving them online are cited significantly more than articles accessible only to subscribers”. This study showed that showed that the advantage is independent of other correlates of citations (article age; journal impact factor; number of co-authors, references or [...]
The Electronic Freedom Foundation has been defending rights and promoting freedom on the electronic front for 20 years. EFF acts as a watchdog and defends free speech, the individuals right to access innovation, fights to protect intellectual property, and protects our right to privacy in the courts. To celebrate these 20 years, EFF staff designer [...]
