Category Archives: acedemic

OpenCourseWare: a value-added model?

Posted on March 9, 2012 by cmalin

As we discussed in class on Wednesday, the last decade has seen an international push for open access to research and educational information. The Budapest Open Access Initiative, launched out of an internationally attended meeting in 2001, outlined a collaborative … Continue reading →

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A Move Towards Open Access: JSTOR Launches “Register & Read” Program

Posted on February 5, 2012 by DAddarioJ

In January, JSTOR revealed that it would be making a small percentage of its journals freely available to the public as part of “Register & Read”–an experimental beta program that the company may expand depending on its success. With the … Continue reading →

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Your DNA as Information: Private or Publishable?

Posted on March 13, 2011 by MSlota

As Elaine discussed earlier this week, DNA is a form of biological information: though it had previously been classified by the US Patent office as a chemical, “the main role of DNA molecules is the long-term storage of information.” As … Continue reading →

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Librarians as Copyright Crusaders?

Posted on February 14, 2011 by MSlota

On Friday, a question came up in class about the dominance of copyright throughout our discussions, and it made me think: why should librarians care so much about copyright? I feel instinctively that it matters, but why? The ALA has … Continue reading →

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Video Game Consoles: Information Appliances or Generative Platforms?

Posted on January 18, 2011 by MAnsell

In today’s edition of the University of Washington student newspaper “The Daily” there is an article describing how some Electrical Engineering grad students are adapting the Xbox 360’s Kinect system to assist in non-invasive, robotic surgeries as part of a … Continue reading →

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