Analysis & counterpoints
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The US has ruled all taxpayer-funded research must be free to read. What’s the benefit of open access?
Lack of free access to research leads to discrimination, both in academia and for us all. This new guidance is…
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In the know: KM4AgD Challenge, UKRI open access policy, Acume, Meet Libby
In the know is a regular roundup of knowledge management (KM) items of interest.
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Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (chapter 3.2): The political histories of UK public libraries and access to knowledge
History reveals that current debates around open access – and how this should be paid for – are nothing new.
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Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (chapter 3.1): The Royal Society and the noncommercial circulation of knowledge
The desire to make scholarship widely available and free to read is far longer than we might otherwise presume.
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Open access in sub-Saharan Africa
There are three clear questions practically related to OA in sub-Saharan Africa.
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In the know: KM for IT teams, Open Access, and The Decolonial Critique
In the know is a regular roundup of knowledge management (KM) items of interest.
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What can we gain from open access to Australian research? Climate action for a start
The urgency of climate change demands solutions, but more than half of Australian research is still behind paywalls.
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Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (chapter 2.4): Intersections between artistic making and scientific knowing
The Making and Knowing Project as an open access platform for knowledge creation and exchange.
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Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (chapter 2.3): The evolving role of readers in peer review
How peer review is being shaped by citation, commenting, sharing, and examining.