Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

LIASA Position on the Elsevier Sharing and Hosting Policy Issued 30 April 2015

http://www.liasa-new.org.za/liasa-position-on-the-elsevier-sharing-and-hosting-policy-issued-30-april-2015

A distinction without a difference (Elsevier’s new sharing policy)

http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2015/05/29/a-distinction-without-a-difference/

Facebook’s Free Internet Limits Poor Users

http://www.scidev.net/global/communication/news/facebook-s-free-internet-limits-poor-users.html

The State of the Commons

http://creativecommons.org/

Library of Congress Launches New Online Poetry Archive, Featuring 75 Years of Classic Poetry Readings

http://www.openculture.com/2015/04/library-of-congress-launches-new-online-poetry-archive.html

The evolution of open access to research and data in Australian higher education

http://figshare.com/articles/The_evolution_of_open_access_to_research_and_data_in_Australian_higher_education/1431442

Altmetrics and analytics for digital special collections and institutional repositories

http://figshare.com/articles/Altmetrics_and_analytics_for_digital_special_collections_and_institutional_repositories/1392140

A Complete Guide to Publishing Your Own Book

https://www.stinkyinkshop.co.uk/book-publishing-guide/

Recommendations on the Future of Scholarly Publishing

http://www.publikationssystem.de/en/

Journal substitutability, hassle factor, and green open access

http://gavialib.com/2015/05/journal-substitutability-hassle-factor-and-green-open-access/

Open Science: a simple proposal

https://erikduval.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/open-science-a-simple-proposal/

700 Free Movies Online

http://www.openculture.com/freemoviesonline

 

Open Educational Resources:

Reviewing and Adapting Open Textbooks – pedagogical and practical considerations

http://otsummit.bccampus.ca/reviewing-and-adapting-open-textbooks-pedagogical-and-practical-consideration/

Just How Open? Evaluating the “Openness” of Course Materials in Massive Open Online Courses

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VALib/v61_n1/pdf/springs.pdf

 

Data and Data Management:

Website that serves as a one-stop shop on Cambodian data

http://kmitladventures.blogspot.com/2015/05/website-that-serves-as-one-stop-shop-on.html

Data: Is it Grey, Maligned or Malignant?

http://escholarship.org/uc/item/80w006rz#page-1