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Article on the difficulty of getting any change out of copyright 'holders' (not artists but record labels, etc) 

"Published February 25, 2013 Matthew P. Long & Roger C. Schonfeld In this report, we present the results of Ithaka S+R's study of the scholarly practices of academic chemists. This study, funded by Jisc, presents information meant to empower research support providers in their work with chemists. The report covers themes such as data management, research collaboration, library use, discovery, publication practices, and research funding.   The report describes the findings of our investigation into academic chemists' research habits and research support needs. The digital availability of scholarly literature has transformed chemists' research by creating an environment where they can easily search for journal articles and chemical information. However, they often feel overwhelmed by the amount of new research available, and they need better tools to remain aware of current research. Furthermore, despite their heavy use of technology for research, many academic chemists have been slow to adopt new models of sharing data and research results such as online repositories and open access publishing. Our interviews highlighted the importance of the research group as a unit of academic life, and revealed some of the challenges inherent in working in groups that span institutions and national boundaries."

Why Coursera & Udacity are killing Open Education.

Article arguing that MIT should make a bold move to promote Open Access to honour Aaron Swartz.

Talks about the open Internet and the WWW.

Taking a stand for open access. A researcher posts about their decision to not post in a closed journal.

"The Research Communications Strategy work is a JISC funded activity to investigate and coordinate many of the emerging themes, ideas and developments in the field of research communications at a strategic level."

Imperial College threaten to stop subscribing to Elsevier and Wiley-Blackwell journals unless subscription fees are reduced.

Brand new journal with some elearning stuff. Open access too.

Excellent resource of Open materials and information from Oxford Uni with OER, open archives, podcasts, images, etc.