You’ve heard the hype about Big Data. But how much of that data is available to the public? Private corporations control the access and distribution of data that they collect, and may be unwilling to share it or may charge high prices. The United States Government, however, has made a broad sweeping commitment to providing … Continue reading Open Access to Government Data
“Posting on Academia.edu is not ethically and politically equivalent to making research available using an institutional open access repository…” Gary Hall — Professor of Media and Performing Arts in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, and Director of the Centre for Disruptive Media, at Coventry University, UK. — makes this provocative comment in his fascinating blog post “Does Academia.edu Mean … Continue reading Academia.edu and the Ethics of Open Access
