Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Collaboration in Scholarly Communication – Opportunities to Normalize Open Access

https://theidealis.org/collaboration-in-scholarly-communication-opportunities-to-normalize-open-access/

A Trust Framework for Online Research Data Services

http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/5/2/14

DeepGreen: Open Access Transformation

https://www.zbw-mediatalk.eu/en/2017/06/deepgreen-open-access-transformation

 

Predatory Publishing Practices:

So…when creationists sneak bad papers into legit journals, does evolution collapse?

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/05/20/sowhen-creationists-sneak-bad-papers-into-legit-journals-does-evolution-collapse/

Predatory journals recruit fake editor

http://www.nature.com/news/predatory-journals-recruit-fake-editor-1.21662

Dozens of academic journals appoint fake editor

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20170324135257123

 

Open Data:

Open data supports transparency accountability, and economic development

http://www.summerlandreview.com/columns/column-open-data-supports-transparency-accountability-and-economic-development/

Open Data and the Question of Quality

http://pwalsh.me/presentations/opendataquality/#/slide-orgb5a1cb5

Advancing an Open Ethos with Open Peer Review

http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/16637

Economic Benefits for Open Data in Africa

https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Economic_Benefits_of_Open_Data_in_Africa_March_2017.pdf

The Building Blocks of Open Data Success

http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcuser/spring-2017/the-building-blocks-of-open-data-success

 

Conference Alerts:

Celtic Knot Conference 2017 – First Wikipedia Language Conference

6 July 2017 - The University of Edinburgh Business School, Scotland, UK

https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017