Open: 1; Closed: 0
Many librarians are big fans of open access publishing. There are lots of reasons for this, but that’s a post for another day. This morning I added yet another mark to my academic journals scorecard on...
View ArticleAnd in Other News…
Last week was a big one for higher ed tech and publishing news. As I’m sure everyone’s heard by now, Blackboard enveloped yet another of its competitors and Amazon released the new Kindle. I’m kind of...
View ArticleInteresting Info from the Interwebs
I swear that this isn’t going to turn into Maura’s Copyright Blog, but a couple of copyright-ish things have crossed my desk(top) recently and it seemed selfish not to share: 1. A coalition of student...
View ArticleThoughts on Open Access
Last month for Open Access Week our library hosted a program on OA scholarly journal publishing for faculty, complete with spiffy orange buttons (suitable for Halloween wearing, too!). It was a great...
View ArticleBig News in Scholarly Publishing
By now everyone’s probably heard about the storm a’brewing in scholarly publishing this week. I don’t want to repeat what’s been very ably said in many other spaces on the internets, but as an open...
View ArticleMaking a Pledge
I’ve been an open access publishing advocate ever since I first wrapped my head around what’s often termed the scholarly communication crisis. To briefly sketch out an admittedly complex issue:...
View ArticleThe Fox Guarding the Henhouse: Thinking about OERs and Textbook Affordability
I am on sabbatical this semester, and one of the things I’m working on is a qualitative study of undergraduate attitudes and practices around their course reading. I’m interviewing 10 students each at...
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