Open Science:
Open science is now the only way forward for psychology
Guest post: Introducing AfricArxiv - a preprint repository for African researchers
https://www.authoraid.info/en/news/details/1318/
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
From green to gold to diamond: open access’s return to social justice
Why Academic-Led Journal Publishing? Liberating Research Through Tools and Services
Who Gets to Read the Research We Pay For?
https://slate.com/technology/2018/08/who-gets-to-read-the-research-taxpayers-fund.html
Junk journals and disclosure – Patent law considerations
https://www.golegal.co.za/novelty-junk-journals-patents/
GOALI: Global Online Access to Legal Information
http://www.ilo.org/goali/lang--en/index.htm
Offline Internet Access: Extending the reach of libraries in Africa
Preparing to Preserve: Three Essential Steps to Building Experience with Long-Term Digital Preservation
Unpaywall transforms research as academic publishers start to crack
Open access is rapidly rising but is it succeeding?
https://theknowledgeexchangeblog.com/2018/08/22/open-access-is-rapidly-rising-but-is-it-succeeding/
Scaling up paywalled academic article sharing by legal means
Open Access Books: an international collaboration to explore the practical implications for librarians of increasing access to scholarly research outputs
Responding to Unsustainable Journal Costs A CARL Brief
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CARL_Brief_Subscription_Costs_en.pdf
Enhancing scholarly communication through institutional repositories: salient issues and strategies by libraries in Nigeria
Guest Post: Challenges for Academics in the Global South — Resource Constraints, Institutional Issues, and Infrastructural Problems
https://www.certapet.com/faq/americans-with-disabilities-act/
Scholarly Communication at the Crossroad: From subscription to Open Access?
Correlation Between Cost of Publication and Journal Impact. Comprehensive Cross-sectional Study of Exclusively Open-Access Surgical Journals
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931720418302617
News & Views: Evaluating Quality in Open Access Journals
https://deltathink.com/news-views-evaluating-quality-in-open-access-journals/
IFLA Trend Report (updated 2018)
https://trends.ifla.org/update-2018
“Zip Books”: Using the Online Marketplace to Build Stronger Collections and Higher Customer Satisfaction By Delivering Books Quicker at Lower Cost
Plagiarism:
Elsevier investigating paper on solar cells that appears to plagiarize a Nature journal
5 Steps to Prove You’ve Been Plagiarized
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2018/07/17/5-steps-to-prove-youve-been-plagiarized/
Resources on Plagiarism
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing
Faculty reluctance to report student plagiarism: A case study
http://ajobe.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/148/137