Wednesday, July 15, 2009

More Universities make their Research Available Online

University of Kansas joins Harvard in adopting a model of open access for its research. See the article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed's "The Wired Campus blog.

The Irrationality of Current Publication Models, or Why Open Access is Better.

The Chronicle of Higher Education's blogger, David Wiley, presents this parable to illustrate the irrationality of the current publication model and to advocate for open access alternatives. UNLV Libraries now provide access to an electronic journal publishing platform (BEPress) as well as institutional repository software for storing and sharing digitally your intellectual endeavors.