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

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“The idea that some of these sites are for-profit raises questions about whether our work is really going to be available to the public, or if we’re doing it for free for a corporation,” says Fatima Espinoza Vasquez, assistant professor at the University of Kentucky’s School of Information Science. “It It also raises copyright issues.

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Colleges Are Striking Bulk Deals With Textbook Publishers. Critics Say There Are Many Downsides.

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And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). A 2015 regulation by the U.S. Of course, there are big differences between textbooks and fizzy drinks.

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” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. million in revenue in 2015, and its executive compensation was $2.8 The Internet Archive’s Jason Scott on “Celebrating 30 Years of HyperCard.”

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She and her husband also donated $200,000 to AFC’s charitable arm in 2014 and 2015 through the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation. ” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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It planned to do so back in 2015.) Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Apple , UC Berkeley , Arizona State U , Others Join Board for Partnership on AI.” ” Venture Capital and the Business of Ed-Tech. An education IPO!

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“ Coding Bootcamps Won’t Save Us All,” Edsurge informs us. Elsevier has acquired bepress. As The Scholarly Kitchen’s Roger Schonfeld writes, “Elsevier is now a major if not the foremost single player in the institutional repository landscape. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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The governor, a Republican elected in 2015, announced on Friday that he had disbanded the university’s current 20-member Board of Trustees. weeks in 2015.” Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “With two executive orders, Gov. This is compared with averages of $11,063 and 10.8