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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Digital Library Services
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Open Doors and Open Minds: What Faculty Authors Can Do to Ensure Open Access to Their Work Through Their Institution
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April 17, 2008
This White Paper, written by Thinh Nguyen, is addressed to the faculty and administrators of academic institutions who support equitable access to scholarly research and knowledge, and who believ…
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Opening the Door: How Faculty Authors Can Implement an Open Access Policy at Their Institutions
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September 13, 2010
This White Paper, written by Simon Franke and Shannon Nestor, is intended as a companion to the "Open Door and Open Minds" SPARC/Science Commons White Paper of April 2008. The purpose o…
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Scholarly Publishing Roundtable Report: Executive Summary
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January 12, 2010
An expert panel of librarians, library scientists, publishers, and university academic leaders recently called on federal agencies that fund research to develop and implement policies that ensure…
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Why Lakoff still matters: Framing the debate on copyright law and digital publishing
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June 1, 2009
In 2004, linguist and cognitive scientist George Lakoff popularized the idea of using metaphors and “frames” to promote progressive political issues. Although his theories have since been cri…
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No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century
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August 13, 2008
In February 2008, CLIR convened 25 leading librarians, publishers, faculty members, and information technology specialists to consider this question. Participants discussed the challenges and opp…
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Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in Higher Education
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August 18, 2008
Ithaka's 2006 survey of faculty members sought to determine their attitudes related to online resources, electronic archiving, teaching and learning and related subjects. This study afford…
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A Review of the Open Educational Resources Movement: Achievement, Challenges and New Opportunities
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February 27, 2007
This report examines The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s past investments in Open Educational Resources, the emerging impact and explores future opportunities. Central to the report …
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Dealing with data: Roles, rights, responsibilities and relationships
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June 19, 2007
This JISC report reviews the variety of data, and arrangements for its curation and use, across disciplines.The work of funders, national data centres, institutional repositories, learned societi…
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Report of the January 2007 ORE-TC Meeting
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January 1, 2007
A detalied report of the results of the meeting of OAI-ORE Technical Committee describing features and requirements of the ORE model and its context in the Web Architecture. …
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The Importance of Open Access, Open Source, and Open Standards for Libraries
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January 1, 2005
The open access, open source software, and open standards concepts have been garnering increased attention in the field of librarianship and elsewhere. These concepts and their benefits and importa…

















