Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Statement against Elsevier’s sharing policy

https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/advocacy-leadership/petition-against-elseviers-sharing-policy/

Elsevier’s new sharing policy harmful to authors and access to scholarly research

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/45557

New Policy from Elsevier Impedes Open Access and Sharing

http://www.sparc.arl.org/news/new-policy-elsevier-impedes-open-access-and-sharing

Publisher pushback puts open access in peril

http://theconversation.com/publisher-pushback-puts-open-access-in-peril-42050

Elsevier: Ever More Evil (aka Why Do Authors Boycott Elsevier?

https://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/05/20/elsevier-ever-more-evil/

'Simple and Seamless' or 'Significant Obstacle'

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/05/21/academic-library-and-technology-groups-criticize-new-elsevier-sharing-and-hosting

Elsevier rebuffs COAR/SPARC criticism of sharing and hosting policy

http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1911

Authors’ Rights

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/c.php?g=145385&p=952534

 

Mobile Technologies

Tablets and smartphones may affect social and emotional development, scientists speculate

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/01/toddler-brains-research-smartphones-damage-social-development

Mobile Technologies, M-Learning and Social Networking

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

 

Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct:

Advice for Plagiarism Whistleblowers

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271670417_Advice_for_Plagiarism_Whistleblowers?showFulltext=true

Avoiding Plagiarism

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/c.php?g=145299&p=953266

Editors, Tutors, Authorship and Plagiarism

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2015/04/14/editors-tutors-authorship-and-plagiarism/

Education Journal’s Editors’ Perspectives on Self-Plagiarism

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10805-014-9224-0#page-1