[Open-education] Sci-Hub and open access

Mon Mar 7 11:22:53 UTC 2016

There is an interesting discussion about  Sci-Hub a free pirate 
repository of  commercial scholarly content, aimed to provide access to 
scholarly publications for those in developing countries and elsewhere 
who don't have access.
See links below.

Rory

Rory McGreal
UNESCO/COL/ICDE Chair in OER
Co-Editor IRRODL
Athabasca University

http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/a-pirate-bay-for-science

The pirate site: www.sci-hub.io <http://www.sci-hub.io>

http://svpow.com/2016/03/04/sci-hub-is-a-scholarly-litmus-test/

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