The ethics of open access publishing
Should those who work on ethics welcome or resist moves to open access publishing? This paper analyses arguments in favour and against the increasing requiremen...
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Open Access Initiatives in Africa — Structure, Incentives and Disincentives
Building open access in Africa is imperative not only for African scholars and researchers doing scientific research but also for the expansion of the global sc...
Diffusing scientific knowledge to innovative experts
Communicating science to scientists works well thanks to well-defined communication structures based on both printed material in peer-reviewed publications and ...
Using Wikipedia to Enhance the Visibility of Digitized Archival Assets
As an increasing number of archival repositories, libraries, and cultural institutions build significant freely accessible digital collections, archivists and d...
Open access: brave new world requires bravery
The year 2012 heralded significant developments in open access (OA) that impacted the relationships between the major stakeholders in scholarly publishing: rese...
Academic Libraries as Data Quality Hubs
Academic libraries have a critical role to play as data quality hubs on campus. There is an increased need to ensure data quality within ‘e-science’. Given acad...
Open Access and the Author-Pays Problem: Assuring Access for Readers and Authors in a Global Community of Scholars
Out of concern for its lifeblood—communication—academia is rushing to correct serious inequities in access and revenue distribution by embracing open access (OA...