Is this Poster Illegal?

October 22, 2009 shawnmar Leave a comment

From Slate a great article summarizing Fair Use law in terms of the Shepard Fairey case regarding his use of the AP photo of Obama.

See:  http://www.slate.com/id/2233152/

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Hindawi on the Future of Scholarly Publishing

October 22, 2009 shawnmar Leave a comment

An article by Ahmed Hindawi of Hindawi Publishing

See:  http://knol.google.com/k/ahmed-hindawi/2020-a-publishing-odyssey/35ebnhrldxfp4/1#

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Communicating knowledge: How & why UK researchers publish & disseminate their findings

September 18, 2009 shawnmar Leave a comment
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Is There a Future for Journals in the Humanities?

September 16, 2009 shawnmar Leave a comment

From the American Historical Association, on the future of humanities journals

See http://blog.historians.org/articles/865/is-there-a-future-for-journals-in-the-humanities

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Peer Review Failure?

September 16, 2009 shawnmar Leave a comment

From Inside Higher Ed, on the problems of some peer review systems.

See http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/09/14/pnas

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Copyright Office slams Google Book deal

September 16, 2009 shawnmar Leave a comment
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Top Copyright Official Assails Google Book Settlement

September 16, 2009 shawnmar Leave a comment
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Concerns About Google Settlement

September 16, 2009 shawnmar Leave a comment

Some concerns about the Google settlement from authors at the University of California

See http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6678948.html?nid=2673&source=link&rid=419873034

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‘The World Is Open’

September 16, 2009 shawnmar Leave a comment

From Inside Higher Ed, a look at how open sources could change higher education in the future

See http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/25/bonk

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Academic Journals: A threat to scientific communication?

September 16, 2009 shawnmar Leave a comment

From Times Higher Education (UK) on the dangers of the current journal publishing system to scientific communication.

See http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26

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