Items tagged by katygo in Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/user/katygo TagTeam social RSS aggregrator Open-access megajournals lose momentum as the publishing model matures Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:46:00 -0400 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/open-access-megajournals-lose-momentum-publishing-model-matures oa.publishing oa.publishers oa.new oa.gold oa.megajournals oa.journals   The EU's plan to censor the internet with algorithms that block anything that might be a copyright infringement has only days to go before it will be too late for a vote before the upcoming elections, and so far, progress has been stalled thanks to France's unwillingness to accept tiny, meaningless concessions that Germany feels they must win to retain political credibility. Now, at the very last minute, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in talks with French President Emmanuel Macron to try to rescue the Copyright Directive. Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:37:00 -0500 https://boingboing.net/2019/01/31/save-eu-fix-copyright.html oa.copyright oa.copyright_directive oa.libries oa.europe     After being ordered to block a number of piracy-related domains following a complaint from academic publisher Elsevier, Swedish ISP Bahnhof retaliated by semi-blocking Elsevier's own website and barring the court from visiting Bahnhof.se. Those actions have now prompted Sweden's telecoms watchdog to initiate an inquiry to determine whether the ISP breached net neutrality rules. Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:58:00 -0500 https://torrentfreak.com/isp-faces-net-neutrality-investigation-for-pirate-site-blocking-retaliation-181217/ oa.sci-hub oa.net_neutrality oa.isps oa.elsevier oa.guerrilla College students spend more than $1,000 on books and supplies every year, according to a recent College Board study, but a program through the North Dakota University System and UND is making those costs a little less daunting. Open educational resources, also known as OER and sometimes referred to as open-access resources, allow students to save money on textbooks through a free online textbook. Sun, 02 Dec 2018 10:49:00 -0500 https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4536605-open-access-textbooks-help-save-students-money-keep-them-class-officials-say oa.education oa.textbooks oa.oer oa.students oa.university_of_north_dakota oa.great_plains oa.books oa.economics_of oa.open_textbook_nework oa.new New Scientist calls for the end of the scholarly publishing industry: "more profitable than oil," "indefensible" Sun, 25 Nov 2018 09:59:00 -0500 https://boingboing.net/2018/11/25/enlightenment-v-alchemy.html oa.paywalls oa.plan_s oa.sci-hub oa.new oa.profits oa.recommendations oa.editorials oa.publishing oa.guerrilla Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:29:00 -0400 https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-way-for-doctors-to-share-their-medical-mysteries/ oa.medicine oa.cureus oa.case