5 Key Trends in Self-Publishing for 2014 | Mediashift | PBS - 2 views
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Kevin Stranack on 26 Jun 14Trends in the production and distribution of self-published ebooks.
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Beating the Odds: Building a Publishing "Maker" Culture | American Libraries Magazine - 1 views
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"With the emergence of new publishing tools, public libraries are able to be publishers for themselves. In essence, we can build a Maker culture for local publishing. "
Academic self-publishing: a not-so-distant-future | Open Scholar C.I.C. - 7 views
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Proposes an alternative future where author self-publish their work for peer review outside of traditional journals.
The Mentor and the MUSe: Engaging Faculty in Undergraduate Student P… - 1 views
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A poster providing an overview of why faculty should support undergraduate journals, including a list of recommendations.
You Don't Need a Ph.D. to Contribute to Scientific Research - 7 views
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"Thanks to the proliferation of mobile apps and advances in online crowdsourcing platforms, non-professionals are helping researchers identify new species, track comets, name proteins, project climate patterns and much more. Science-minded individuals have myriad opportunities to get their hands dirty and partner with professional scientists, conducting ground-breaking research together."
Educators Connect Learning Through Citizen Science | Educator Innovator - 2 views
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Using the citizen science model for science education.
Global Internet Report | Internet Society - 0 views
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"This report focuses on the open and sustainable Internet - what we mean by that, what benefits it brings, and how to overcome threats that prevent those of us already online from enjoying the full benefits, and what keeps non-users from going online in the first place." Available in English, Spanish, French.
How it works - Knowledge Unlatched - 5 views
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The Knowledge Unlatched model depends on many libraries from around the world sharing the payment of a single Title Fee to a publisher, in return for a book being made available on a Creative Commons licence via OAPEN and HathiTrust as a fully downloadable PDF.
A relationship cut short in B.C. with one fell swoop by Enbridge - 1 views
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"You might as well have come into our archives and burned our documents." An example of different ways of knowing between different cultures, and the opportunities for misunderstanding.
Houston, We Have A Public Domain Problem - 5 views
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Case study of a copyright take down notice and discussion of copyright and public domain issues.
The University Library as Incubator for Digital Scholarship (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUS... - 4 views
shared by Kevin Stranack on 23 Jun 14
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"By leveraging technology, we can open new doors to scholarly inquiry for ourselves and our students. Through new collaborations, we can create exciting shared spaces, both virtual and physical, where that inquiry can take place. The library is a natural home for these technology-rich spaces.
Maker Education and Experiential Education - 6 views
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Places the popular concept of the makerspace within the theoretical context of experiential education.
Privacy in a Big Data Post-Privacy World | Abject - 2 views
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A presentation on data and privacy policies in Canada.
Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software - 1 views
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Christopher Kelty has written a book on the cultural importance of open source software and made it freely available under a CC license. It looks at free software from both a technical and social perspective, allowing for greater insights into its significance for today and for tomorrow.
Time to discard the metric that decides how science is rated - 3 views
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"The trouble is that impact factor of journals where researchers publish their work is a poor surrogate to measure an individual researcher's accomplishments. "
Tesla's Elon Musk proves why patents are passé - 2 views
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Looks at the "Linux model" as a successful way of doing business."I think there is a general movement and a general recognition in the technology community that we need to reform the patent process. There's far too much effort and energy put into creating patents that do not end up fostering innovation," said Musk. "I think no reasonable person would say that the current patent system is ideally suited to foster innovation."
Universities 'get poor value' from academic journal-publishing firms | Science | thegua... - 4 views
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Compares the cost of articles from society and non-profit publishers to those of the major commercial publishers.
Evgeny Morozov: Hackers, Makers, and the Next Industrial Revolution : The New Yorker - 8 views
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An alternative perspective on some of the hype around makerspaces and hacking, looking into how it supports and extends the neoliberal agenda.
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For the librarians out there - a contrarian view of makerspaces.
The Library of the Future | Melanie Florencio | TEDxCreativeCoast - YouTube - 9 views
shared by Kevin Stranack on 17 Jun 14
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A description of the future of libraries being makerspaces - centres of production as well as consumption.
Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies - 14 views
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A wiki textbook on emerging learning technologies, with a focus on learner interaction.
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