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- Declaration for the Right to Libraries
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- NIH sees surge in open-access manuscripts
- Academics don't let themselves be free
- Guide to Creative Commons
- Surge in 'digital dementia'
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- Ten trends shaping the future of publishing
- Risk, responsibility, and public academics
- ‘Is the BA a ticket to nowhere?’ No. Employers want independent, critical thinking workers
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- Why Google Reader Really Got the Axe
- BYOI: ORCID and Impact Story
- Princeton Academics Form GitHub Book Club
- OpenScience comes of age
- Discovery silos vs. the open web
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Via a mailing list, the Top 1000 Books in the US, ranked in order of library holdings. The Top 25 (after the cut):
As is occasionally my habit when a big story breaks, I have gathered together all the relevant documents I could find concerning the recent controversy about the Canadian Conservative government's recent consolidation of the libraries at their Department of Fisheries & Oceans.
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Thanks to Mark Spicer for bringing this item to my attention. Note that the site I'm linking to sells printer cartridges, but still has some cool content.