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by Jonathan H. Harwell, Rollins College
In February, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy “directed Federal agencies with more than $100M in R&D expenditures to develop plans to make the published results of federally funded research freely available to the public within one year of publication and requiring researchers to better account [...]
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In case you haven’t yet explored the Digital Public Library of America, the Guardian has a nice rundown, including some of the DPLA’s ideas for the future, such as the “authors’ alliance” and the “library licence.”
By the way, several years ago I saw Harper Lee being [...]
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Today I have for you a smorgasbord o’ delights from the past few weeks. Read on – you’ll be glad you did.
On March 20, Charles Piot, Editor of Cultural Anthropology, held an online discussion with Brad Weiss, President of the Society for Cultural Anthropology (a [...]
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Lots going on! And the news waits for no one. So here’s the hottest topic of the moment, as well as some other notes I’m catching up on.
Shazam! The Supreme Court has just upheld the right of first sale. Here’s the opinion, for all you [...]
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That Edwin Mellen Press legal dispute with a librarian? They’re dropping one, possibly both, of those lawsuits.
On Feb. 22, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a memo urging publishers toward open access for federally funded research. Meredith Schwartz explains how this [...]
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The news rarely slows down these days, does it? And neither does our work. Thanks for your patience as sometimes the hot topics take longer than a week. Here are a few new highlights.
Amherst College Press is getting into the swing of [...]
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