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Siyali Ramamrita Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science (1931) has long served as a philosophy for the practice of librarianship. The original five laws remain relevant almost ninety years after ... initiative in academia, hearken back to and build upon a foundational philosophy within the discipline that has traditionally embraced open and accessible information sources for users. 2. This work provides a
This commentary examines political and economic aspects of open access (OA) and scholarly journal publishing. Through a discourse of critique, neoliberalism is analyzed as an ideology causing many ... SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING Neoliberalism has grown since the 1970s to become a powerful and global political and economic ideology that permeates nearly all areas of human activity. Like other systems of
social capital (see below), the creation or re-creation of which, according to Putnam (2000:40114), would reverse the trend of declining civic engagement. Family, Social Cohesion, and Political ... (inclusion and equality), political (legitimacy and participation), and socio-cultural (recognition and belonging) dimensions (Jenson, 1998; Bernard, 1999). Social cohesion and families are intertwined. Over
political spectrum. This may help explain why, amid broad opposition to the broken model of high-priced, pay-to-access scholarly literature, there isn’t much consensus on what scholarly communication should ... publishing”—implicitly supports the publishing oligopoly. The Radical Open Access Collective (2019), however, does a much better job of stating their beliefs and positions in their statement of philosophy
issues means that the political interests governing decision-making are going unchallenged, for example the UK government’s specific framing of open access to research. We argue that building stronger ... literacy offers a proactive, reflexive and hopeful strategy to challenge hegemonic assumptions about information as a commodity. ImPlItIcaons ofr PctIrace As political control of conditions has a strong
Discipline Anthropology Art Business Communication Economics Education English History Literature Mathematics Music Philosophy Political Science Psychology Sociology Foreign Languages and Linguistics Average ... were in print during that time period. For reasons ranging from logistics, to policy, to data quality/completeness, to political climate, 12 of the 24 institutions were unable to participate. The
: mathematics, electrical and electronic engineering, political science, and philosophy (2004). Antelman studied 2,017 articles from the four fields and found that OA articles in each of the four disciplines did ... broad range of subdisciplines, including communication theory, health communication, mass media, interpersonal communication, political communication, and performance studies (National Communication
social capital (see below), the creation or re-creation of which, according to Putnam (2000:40114), would reverse the trend of declining civic engagement. Family, Social Cohesion, and Political ... (inclusion and equality), political (legitimacy and participation), and socio-cultural (recognition and belonging) dimensions (Jenson, 1998; Bernard, 1999). Social cohesion and families are intertwined. Over
Linguistics & Philosophy. DISCUSSION Appropriate interpretation and applications of the AQ are discussed and some limitations of the measure are examined, with suggestions for future studies which may improve ... departments selected were Linguistics & Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, the Media Lab, Physics, and the Sloan School of Management. We chose these departments because they are representative of both the
, inclusive understanding of the academic humanities, ranging from the traditional disciplinary fields of classics, religious studies & theology, modern languages and literatures through to political philosophy ... Ubiquity Press, operates on a transparent costing philosophy about the uses to which it puts its charges. This base “APC” (which • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • In a race to the bottom, it would surely be
monopolized public opinion and political thought because they are no longer challenged by an external, autonomous public authority engaged in rational discussion about politics. Habermas suggests that state ... intervention in the economy in the 19th and early 20th century (linking economic issues with political ones) and the emergence of uncritical consumption from new media disrupted the fragile socioeconomic balance
available but embargoed or under restricted access (Schöpfel et al., 2015). Today, more than half of all open repositories contain theses and dissertations,2 and the technical and political environment ... communication sciences, 8% Foreign language and literature, 8% Education, 2% Other, 3% History, 28% Psychology, 22% Philosophy, 8% 1987 to 2013 from the University of Lille 3. In our sample, History
The Italian research institutions in the field of oncology are moving the first steps towards the philosophy of OA. The main effort should be the implementation of common procedures also in order to ... to publish research articles in OA journals. Among the most recent Italian initiatives aimed at promoting the OA philosophy, it is worth mentioning the launch in 2008 of the Italian wiki on open
institutions in the field of oncology are moving the first steps towards the philosophy of OA. The main effort should be the implementation of common procedures also in order to connect scientific publications ... Italian initiatives aimed at promoting the OA philosophy, it is worth mentioning the launch in 2008 of the Italian wiki on open access[8], conceived as a reference point on Italian projects and best
theoretical issues using sizable datasets, and avoidance of many of the stifling political hurdles and time delays of traditional publishing? (p.228). In their paper on grey literature in institutional ... ) . There are some subject or disciplinary repositories that specialize in indexing and archiving grey literature. Examples include arXiv (physics, math, and computer science), PhilSci Archive (philosophy of
natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences, as well as diverse political and economic situations. We believe that this global sampling of researchers can provide the nuance and perspective necessary ... sciences, humanities, and social sciences, as well as diverse political and economic situations. We believe that this global sampling of researchers can provide nuance and perspective to permit us to address
, 2007, p. 1) . METHODS Ghana’s commitment to research and development (R&D) dates far back. After attaining political independence from Great Britain in 1957, the government attempted to incorporate R ... subscribed online databases in the University of Education, Winneba. Ghana: A survey. Library Philosophy and Practice 2017(1), 1515. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/1515. Lincoln, Y
educational, social, political, and cultural impacts; examine the many issues surrounding the use of Open Access materials in education and research; formulate ideas regarding the future of open access ... fact that we set aside some of that class time for students to work on their final project. Another challenge for us was keeping the definitions of OA and OER clear. We frame open access as a philosophy
contrast to the philosophy behind open access. The game’s singular focus on open access as the preferred and best approach in every situation overlooks the reality of promotion and tenure requirements for
, Linguistics and Philosophy in the Humanities; Anthropology, Economics, Sociology and Political Science in the Social Sciences; Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering (all areas of Engineering) and ... , Linguistics and Philosophy in the Humanities; Anthropology, Economics, Sociology and Political Science in the Social Sciences; Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics in the Sciences
