Friends:
Below is a link to an article entitled "Predatory Journals: No Definition, no Defence" signed by a long lis tof authors that appeared in the Nature Blog on December 11, 2019. The signatories came together to come up with a consensus definition of "predatory journals." They argue that a solid definition is necessary to enable scholars to avoid them.
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Friends:
Force11 is a group of researchers and other knowledge professionals who are interested in enhancing the way digital scholarship is shared. They have a yearly conference, website and blog. Even if you don't plan to attend their conferences, you can find some useful information on their blog.
From their website:
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Friends:
Below is a link to an article in The Scientist discussing the recent Elsevir agreement with Carnegie Mellon, another agreement with Sweden, and the continued non-agreement with the University of California.
Elsevier Progresses in Open-Access Deal Making
by Diana Kwon for The Scientist blog, Dec 2, 2019
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/elsevier-progresses-in-open-access-deal-making--66803
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Friends:
The H-Net book channel has developed an open access resource list (below).
In addition, you will find many articles and discussions of open access on H-Scholar. Just search under terms such as "open access" and "scholarly communication."
Margaret
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