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Dimensions of Open Research: Critical Reflections on Openness in the ROER4D Project
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King, Thomas; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Willmers, Michelle; Walji, Sukaina – Open Praxis, 2016
Open Research has the potential to advance the scientific process by improving the transparency, rigour, scope and reach of research, but choosing to experiment with Open Research carries with it a set of ideological, legal, technical and operational considerations. Researchers, especially those in resource-constrained situations, may not be aware…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Reflection, Strategic Planning, Access to Information
Pay Big to Publish Fast: Academic Journal Rackets
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Truth, Frank – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2012
In the context of open-access (OA) academic publishing, the mounting pressure cross global academe to publish or perish has spawned an exponentially growing number of dodgy academic e-journals charging high fees to authors, often US$300-650, and even triple that amount, promising super-fast processing and publication open-access (OA) online.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Discourse, Faculty Publishing, Scholarship
Librarians 2.0: Sowing Padi in (the) SEA
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Chew, Ivan – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present an exploratory survey as part of a presentation for the Bridging Worlds 2008 conference. It seeks to understand how library institutions in the South East Asia (SEA) region have implemented Web 2.0 technologies--blogs, RSS feeds, wikis, or the use of services like Flickr, YouTube, de.lici.ous.…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Public Libraries, Academic Libraries