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Will 'Publish or Perish' Become 'Clicks or Canned'? The Rise of Academic Social Networks

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But just like with Facebook or any other social network, we need to be aware of potential issues we might have with copyright or privacy.” Users can connect in private or public groups, comment on papers and keep track of the connections of other users that they follow via a Facebook-like newsfeed.

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” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of ScienceDirect Topics, an information platform that has been compared to Wikipedia.” ” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg will offer a scholarship “to ‘cut through’ unequal access to opportunity.”

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And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” Via The Verge : “Lawsuit claims Facebook illegally scanned private messages.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. ” Presidential Campaign Politics.

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” Trump’s ideas seem to be a reprise of a proposal the NRA put forward back in 2013. blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” ” Via Politico : “ Facebook ’s next project: American inequality.” Because god forbid you actually ask them.