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

Edsurge

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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10 Online Tools That will Make Your Students Better Researchers By @anttooley

TeacherCast

You can use it freely, but many articles you find may be from paid academic databases such as JSTOR or Elsevier. He will be happy to meet you on Facebook and Twitter. . This is a search engine for peer-reviewed journal articles and academic papers, especially useful for scientific research papers.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Among its cargo: a Facebook / Internet.org satellite that was supposed to provide Internet access Facebook to African countries. Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier.

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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “ University of California System is playing hardball with Elsevier in negotiations that could transform the way it pays to read and publish research,” says Inside Higher Ed. Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Says Bug Opened Access to Private Photos.” Verve has acquired Campus Vacations for $7 million.

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Cultural hegemony and disruption

Learning with 'e's

How long will it be before these media disrupt the hegemony the large publishing houses such as Elsevier, Springer and Wiley currently impose upon the academic world?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” ” “The Culture Wars Have Come to Silicon Valley,” The New York Times pronounces , with a look at internal tussles between Facebook board members Peter Thiel and Reed Hastings.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. “Mark Zuckerberg just unveiled Facebook ’s new mission statement,” says The Verge.