[Open-education] Sci-Hub and open access

Mon Mar 7 18:25:43 UTC 2016

Many thanks for the links, Rory. It has also been covered by The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/the-research-pirates-of-the-dark-web/461829/

Best wishes

Daniel

Dr Daniel Villar-Onrubia
Coventry University

On 7 March 2016 at 11:22, rory <rory at athabascau.ca> wrote:

> 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
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> Rory McGreal
> UNESCO/COL/ICDE Chair in OER
> Co-Editor IRRODL
> Athabasca University
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>  http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/a-pirate-bay-for-science
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> The pirate site: www.sci-hub.io
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> http://svpow.com/2016/03/04/sci-hub-is-a-scholarly-litmus-test/
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