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By jdupuis on July 5, 2013.
  • Harvard’s First University-wide Library Mission Statement Approved by Library Board
  • Declaration for the Right to Libraries
  • Open Review: A Study of Contexts and Practices
  • The Cooler: PLoS ONE and the Panic Over Impact
  • NIH sees surge in open-access manuscripts
  • Academics don't let themselves be free
  • Guide to Creative Commons
  • Surge in 'digital dementia'
  • Library DIY: Unmediated point-of-need support
  • 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
  • Be employable, study philosophy
  • 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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