Abstract

There are many ways to access scholarly literature online. Some are open access, some not; some are legal, some not; some are free, some not. Looking at examples such as SciELO, DOAJ, Academia, ResearchGate, and SciHub, this study compares open access, social media, and pirated international online publishing venues for “free” scholarly literature, looking at the content, licensing, scope, resourcing, and sustainability. As traditional scholarly publishing models are proving to be unsustainable, which of these could serve as a model for future online scholarly publishing?

Presenters

Sandra Cowan
Librarian, Library, University of Lethbridge, Canada

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Mediums of Disruption

KEYWORDS

Scholarly Publishing, Scholarly Communication, Open access, Online publishing

Digital Media

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