By Carl Straumsheim. A recently proposed model on open-access publishing has drawn praise for rethinking the roles institutions, libraries and professional organizations play in promoting scholarly communication, but can its collaborative structure be sustained?
The proposal envisions stakeholders forming partnerships, each handling one or more of the duties of funding, distributing and preserving open-access scholarly research -- specifically in the humanities and social sciences. Read more...
Learning about Europe using open educational e-tools
The Universitat de Lleida (University of Lleida, UdL) and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya [www.uoc.edu] (Open University of Catalonia, UOC) have joined forces to deliver this educational project whose goal is to promote the study of the European Union through the use of new technologies. Learn Europe. See more...