Open access

How open access content helps fuel growth in Indian-language Wikipedias

psubhashish — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 07:01:00 +0000

How open access content helps fuel growth in Indian-language Wikipedias psubhashish Mon, 10/24/2016 - 03:01

Mobile Internet connectivity is growing rapidly in rural India, and because most Internet users are more comfortable in their native languages, websites producing content in…

The rise of the shareable document

stevenov — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 07:00:00 +0000

The rise of the shareable document stevenov Fri, 09/09/2016 - 03:00

Higher education is increasingly embracing different concepts of openness, from open access to open education resources (OER). But where does that other open concept—open…

New journal HardwareX to promote open source hardware for science

jmpearce — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 07:01:00 +0000

New journal HardwareX to promote open source hardware for science jmpearce Fri, 07/15/2016 - 03:01

The real power of the X-Men, a team of fictional comic book superheroes, is the ability to work together and share their different skills to meet a mutual goal. Open source…

Will RIO Journal be the most open of its kind?

mhanwell — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 10:00:00 +0000

Will RIO Journal be the most open of its kind? mhanwell Mon, 10/19/2015 - 06:00

A large amount of scientific research is published in scientific journals, and there has been a lot of debate around offering open access to these articles, along with the…

GPL enforcement, ONOS partners with Linux Foundation, and more news

holmja — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +0000

GPL enforcement, ONOS partners with Linux Foundation, and more news holmja Sat, 10/17/2015 - 07:00

In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at community-oriented GPL enforcement, the ONOS project partnering with the Linux Foundation, an open…

Open source and humanities in the digital age

holmja — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 08:00:00 +0000

Open source and humanities in the digital age holmja Tue, 03/03/2015 - 03:00

Welcome to the first installment of a monthly feature where I explore how open source software and the open source way are used in the digital humanities. Every month I will…

Why open access matters

admin — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:00:00 +0000

Why open access matters admin Fri, 02/20/2015 - 03:00

Imagine a world where scientists and inventors had no access to the accomplishments of the generations which came before us. The wheel would, quite literally, need to be…

Meet the open access dinosaurs of the year

AndyFarke — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:00:00 +0000

Meet the open access dinosaurs of the year AndyFarke Tue, 01/13/2015 - 04:00

As we enter 2015, it’s a good time to reflect on the state of paleontology and the state of open access. Because I’m a dinosaur paleontologist (my apologies to the other 99%…

Open access platform to save the Odia Indian language

psubhashish — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:00:00 +0000

Open access platform to save the Odia Indian language psubhashish Wed, 10/22/2014 - 03:00

In February 2014, the Government of India declared the South Asian language Odia as the 6th classical language of India which is one among 22 scheduled languages of India and…

5 open access journals for open source enthusiasts

holmja — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 07:00:00 +0000

5 open access journals for open source enthusiasts holmja Tue, 10/21/2014 - 03:00

The ever rising cost of academic journals is a major burden for researchers. Academic libraries cannot always keep up with increases in subscription fees causing libraries to…