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Building a new scholarly communications ecosystem from first principles
Posted by John Dupuis on November 29, 2012 Like the old saying goes, information wants to be free. In particular, the consumers of information would prefer for the most part not to have to directly pay for the information they are consuming. The information itself, if I may anthropomorphize for a moment, also wants to circulate as freely as possible, to be as…
Around the Web: College Reinvented, Shirky on MOOCs, Newspapers & citizenship and more apocalypse
Posted by John Dupuis on November 23, 2012 College, Reinvented: The Finalists Napster, Udacity, and the Academy Is the death of newspapers the end of good citizenship? MOOCs and the Future of the University Survival of the Fittest in the New Music Industry The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever How Dead Is the Book Business? Beyond Literacy and Beyond ‘Beyond…
Around the Web: Defending universities, Battle of the Bodelian, Sexy in STEM? and more
Posted by John Dupuis on November 22, 2012 Defending universities: engaging the public Oxford erupts in ‘Battle of the Bod’ Sexy in STEM? (great essay on women in science) The Free Ebook Farce Penguin to Expand E-Book Lending Supporting a new way to peer-review Transformational Leadership? CourseSmart Analytics Is a Bad idea (because it tracks the wrong things) Reputation bankruptcy War and Nookd…
Around the Web: What makes academic library patrons tick, The ascendance of expertise and more
Posted by John Dupuis on November 19, 2012 New LJ Report Closely Examines What Makes Academic Library Patrons Tick Nate Silver and the Ascendance of Expertise Stables and Volatiles (balancing personalities in project groups) Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, and the Value of Our Values Facebook wants to organise our relationships. What’s not to like? PeerJ: An Open-Access Experiment Engaging the Public, Citizen Science…
Around the Web: The Fallacy of Digital Natives, Beats vs obsessions, Data-gathering apps and more
Posted by John Dupuis on November 14, 2012 The Fallacy of Digital Natives Beats vs obsessions, columns vs. blogs, and other angels dancing on pins Data-Gathering via Apps Presents a Gray Legal Area Coup at Environmental Journal? (journal editorial board quits when journal changes too much under new admin) Challenges in Digital Humanities 10 Questions To Distinguish Real From Fake Science Fit for…
Around the Web: Profs with tattoos, Supporting an open definition of Digital Humanities and more
Posted by John Dupuis on November 7, 2012 The Inked Academic Body Why I Support an Open Definition of DH Bring It On! Why the Crisis in Academic Librarianship is the Best Thing Ever and What We Should Do About It. Administration as Academic Alternative In praise of the big old mess Ignore the Doomsayers: The Book Industry Is Actually Adapting Well Head…
Around the Web: The Impact of Social Media on the Dissemination of Research, Would you include your blog in your tenure file and more
Posted by John Dupuis on October 27, 2012 The Impact of Social Media on the Dissemination of Research: Results of an Experiment Would you include your blog in your T&P file? The Benefits of Open Data – Evidence from Economic Research and Part II Google Books Litigation Family Tree Anatomy of open access publishing: a study of longitudinal development and internal structure Can…
Around the Web: On Naming Names and Calling Out Trolls, Not so tech-savvy millennials and more
Posted by John Dupuis on October 24, 2012 On Naming Names and Calling Out Trolls Gawker, Reddit, Free Speech and Such Millennials: They Aren’t So Tech Savvy After All Project Information Literacy: Inventing the Workplace and How College Graduates Solve Information Problems Once They Join the Workplace The Philosophy of Open Access Impostors, Performers, Professionals – I and II (feeling like an academic…
Around the Web: A victory for Fair Use, Defining critical thinking and more
Posted by John Dupuis on October 17, 2012 Fair use: a pseudo-post What Exactly Is Critical Thinking? The NPR Model for Higher Ed Why It’s Time for a Canadian Digitization Strategy Based on Fair Dealing Is Open Access Destroying Academic Publishers? Survey reveals hidden high stress levels and long-hours culture at universities The Time Has Come to Expand the Scope of Conflict for…
Around the Web: Everyone should program, Programming is hard, Both and more
Posted by John Dupuis on October 13, 2012 Everyone should program, or Programming is Hard? Both! Oh No: LinkedIn Just Went Klout On Us Can eTextbooks help save the planet? Preventing the Second Big Deal (not getting locked into big etextbook deals) Generation Y Leads in Book Buying, Says Industry’s Most Comprehensive Report Apress unveils open access book publishing program for the tech…
