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By jdupuis on May 2, 2012.
  • The worth of creativity: From jerk to troll in three easy steps
  • Your Roger Corman Future
  • Where Would We Be Without Libraries? Or An Open Letter to Publishers, by Leah Petersen
  • Let in the Riffraff: In Praise of the New York Public Library's Renovation Plan
  • The digital world has invigorated publishing, not doomed it
  • The Consolation of Philosophy: An update by the author of "A Universe from Nothing" on his thoughts, as a theoretical physicist, about the value of the discipline of philosophy
  • project curve, part seven: open access publishing for learner engagement (aka oa ftw).
  • Retail DRM Is an Apple. Library DRM Is an Orange.
  • It's a Pleasure (encouraging students to read for pleasure)
  • R.I.P. Civility, 0000-2012
  • Why Women Leave Academia
  • Robo-Research, Robo-Writing
  • Social Media Guidelines: My Top Picks
  • Introduction (David Simon of The Wire on the shift to free content)
  • The new Harvard Library open metadata policy
  • Open Science, Open Access and Open Source
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