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Thursday, January 15, 2015
Nature owner merges with publishing giant
Open AccessMacmillan Science and Education looks set to gain from Springer's scale.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
The $250 Econ 101 Textbook
Open EducationWe economics professors are missing a chance to teach a cardinal lesson about the unchecked rise of prices.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
OpenCon: Students and Early-Career Researchers for Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationAs he explained, “[Paywalls are] creating a fundamental barrier between academics and everyone else—kids, the public. … It’s a problem for everyone.”
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
The Gates Foundation pushes to make more academic research free and open to the public
Open Access · Open DataStarting in January 2017, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will require all of the research it funds to be published in a manner that is free for the public to read, according to a recent statement.
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Monday, November 24, 2014
Gates Foundation Mandates Research it Funds Must Provide Free Digital Access
Open AccessThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds thousands of health and research scientists to solve many of the worlds most dire issues.
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Monday, November 24, 2014
New policy could unlock the Gates Foundation, bring transparency to research
Open AccessOne of the biggest private foundations in the world just took a step toward becoming more open with the research it funds.
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Monday, November 24, 2014
Gates Goes Open
Open AccessThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will require grant recipients to make their research publicly available online -- a multibillion-dollar boost to the open access movement.
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Friday, November 21, 2014
‘We’re Replacing Pedagogy’
Open EducationAcademic libraries can help promote the adoption of open educational resources, but ultimately the push for open content has to be about more than textbooks, advocates said this week during the Open Ed Conference.
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