Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:]
Open Science Framework: a scholarly commons to conn3ect the entire research cycle
The Research Pirates of the Dark Web
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/the-research-pirates-of-the-dark-web/461829/
The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) Collection
http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/19251
South African Architectural Record Collection
http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/7333
The Cost of Publishing Monographs
http://www.sr.ithaka.org/publications/the-costs-of-publishing-monographs/
Meet the Robin Hood of Science
http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/a-pirate-bay-for-science
Download Hundreds of Van Gogh Paintings, etc.
28 Free Oscar Films on the Web
http://www.openculture.com/2012/02/28_free_oscar_films_on_the_web.html
An Old Tradition and a New Technology: Notes on Why Open Access Remains Hard
Authors’ Alliance Annual Report 2015
http://www.authorsalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Authors-Alliance-Annual-Report.pdf
Understanding Open Access : When, Why, & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible (Authors’ Alliance)
Libraries and Open Journal Systems: hosting and facilitating the creation of Open Access scholarship
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/65282/
Cloud-supported preservation of digital papers: A solution for special collections
https://www.liberquarterly.eu/articles/10.18352/lq.10114/
Yale Center for British Art releases tens of thousands of additional images of its collection
Open Data:
The Future Will be Built on Open Data – Here’s Why
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2016/02/future-will-be-built-open-data-%E2%80%93-heres-why
Open Data and Maps
http://www.e-learn.nl/2016/02/08/open-data-and-maps
Solving art history mysteries with open data
https://gcn.com/articles/2016/02/08/nazi-artwork-provenance.aspx
Conference alerts:
4th Learning LandsCAPE conference
17 - 19 May 2016 - The River Club, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
https://sites.google.com/site/capelearning/