Open Access (or, why I love the internet) - 10 views
shared by noveltynotion on 14 Oct 14
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Kevin Stranack, Gerald Louw, Kaitie Warren, cuptlib, ilanab, ibudule, natalyefremova, Fernando Carraro, noveltynotion, Joelle Herman , kristykim, nellycarr, brunoapolonio, and Suneil Revarr liked it
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v woolf on 14 Oct 14The wonderful blog, Hack Library School, has recently posted a piece on open access publishing. This piece is a great overview, which covers many of the basic concepts covered in Module 6. The article discusses what open access is (and what it isn't) and some of the biggest discussion points on the issue today. It's a great overview and well worth the read if you want an overview or a refresher on the topic!
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ilanab on 29 Oct 14Thanks for sharing this link. It includes a clear breakdown of what gold and green Open Access are and identifies some of the challenges of gold OA.
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Suneil Revarr on 30 Oct 14Well, its a worth reading article. We can say about open access that its a peer-reviewed work that's published in full on the internet and available at no cost to readers and that helps the whole society. OA is today's need.
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brunoapolonio on 30 Oct 14Great link you shared, shows very well on the concepts covered in module 6 and shows an overview of assunto.Engloba and greatly enriches our knowledge.
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nellycarr on 31 Oct 14Excelent! thanks for the resource!
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noveltynotion on 31 Oct 14Yes thank you for passing it on. As a librarian I'm happy to know more of us are out there and participating in the conversation.
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noveltynotion on 31 Oct 14The internet is pretty awesome guys. Privacy attacks and trolls aside, no other tool humans have ever created can match its potential for information transfer. Sure, I often use it to watch cat videos and buy clothing I don't need, but it also supports one of the biggest developments in modern librarianship and one of...
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dudeec on 31 Oct 14This blog covers a lot of relevant concepts related to OA, but a finer point need to be clarified. Regarding Google Scholar, not everything retrieved from GS is OA. GS is a web crowler, it crows wherever it is allowed, including references and citations to articles behind paywalls. On the other hand, many librarians are working to make their paid journals subscriptions available to their faculty and students via Google Scholar. So when faculty/students are on their universities' network, they can search GS, find articles from journals. If their library subscribes to that journal, there is a good chance a link to the full text will be available.
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dudeec on 31 Oct 14I agree with the point that "findability" for green OA articles is a current problem. We need a PubMed or Web of Science for green OA articles!