Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Making the Choice: Open Access versus traditional journals

https://www.aje.com/en/arc/making-the-choice-open-access-vs-traditional-journals/

Scientists, funders flock to ResearchGate

http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i10/Scientists-funders-flock-ResearchGate.html?type=paidArticleContent

Science Publishing Group to Allow Open Access to Journals

http://incompliancemag.com/science-publishing-group-to-allow-open-access-to-journals/

The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository: Your Source for Publications and Research

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2017/03/23/the-world-bank-open-knowledge-repository-your-source-for-publications-and-research

World Bank Launches Online Africa Knowledge Repository Platform

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2017/03/30/world-bank-launches-online-africa-knowledge-repository-platform

Brill involves open access in agreement with Dutch universities

http://www.openaccess.nl/en/events/brill-involves-open-access-in-agreement-with-dutch-universities

Librarian Evaluation of Non-APC OA Models in the Age of Open Access

https://www.martineve.com/2017/04/01/librarian-evaluation-of-non-apc-oa-models-in-the-age-of-open-access/

Editorial: Why We Still Oppose Gold and Also Oppose Hybrid Open Access

http://journals.kent.ac.uk/index.php/feministsatlaw/article/view/350/964]

The problem with scientific publishing

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/03/economist-explains-23

Open access campaigners toughen stance towards publishers

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/open-access-campaigners-toughen-stance-towards-publishersDenise

Journal Subscription and Open Access Expenditures: Opening the Vault

https://oamediastudies.com/2017/03/31/journal-subscription-and-open-access-expenditures-opening-the-vault/

Service Level Agreements for TDM

https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1388

Journal subscription license agreement

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/journal_subscription_license_agr?_utm_source=1-2-2

A Connected Culture of Collaboration: Recognising and Understanding its Value for Research

https://www.digital-science.com/blog/guest/connected-culture-collaboration-recognising-understanding-value-research/

Sowing the seeds for change in scholarly publishing

https://coko.foundation/sowing-the-seeds-for-change/

Science Communication and Critique: An interview featuring Hilda Bastian

http://blogs.plos.org/plospodcasts/2017/03/28/science-communication-and-critique-an-interview-featuring-hilda-bastian/

Publicity without scrutiny: journals’ media embargoes under fire

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/publicity-without-scrutiny-journals-media-embargoes-under-fire

“Become part of the research process” – observations from RLUK2017

https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1384

In Praise of ‘B’ Journals

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/03/28/academics-shouldnt-focus-only-prestigious-journals-essay

Organization and Delivery of Scholarly Communication Services by Academic and Research Libraries in the United Kingdom: Observations from Across the Pond

file:///C:/Users/00658018.DS/Downloads/157-674-1-PB.pdf

 

Predatory Publishing Practices:

Resources on Predatory Publishers

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication/Predatory_Publishers

 

Open Educational Resources:

OERs

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources

OER Curation at Scale: An Opportunity to Support Personalized Learning

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/04/oer-curation-at-scale-an-opportunity-to-support-personalized-learning/

An Open Pathway to Learning for all: Learning through Making (OER) and by Experiencing (OEP)

https://education.okfn.org/an-open-pathway-to-learning-for-all-learning-through-making-oer-and-by-experiencing-oep/

Adopting Open Educational Resources in the Classroom

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/pathways/

Open Educational Resources Movement Scales Up

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/03/29/open-educational-resources-movement-scales-up-oer.html

OERs for Humanities and Social Sciences

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/OERS4Humanities