{"id":1054,"date":"2016-08-07T16:48:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T22:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2016-08-07T16:51:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T22:51:06","slug":"the-price-of-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/2016\/08\/07\/the-price-of-open\/","title":{"rendered":"The Price of Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early in our LRNT 502 Introduction to Research<\/a> course we received an invitation to visit Academia.edu<\/a>.\u00a0 My first impression was not a positive one.\u00a0 Faced with a login screen, I signed in with my Google account and immediately began receiving unsolicited email.\u00a0 I searched for reviews and found negative comments on an otherwise positive review<\/a> (Academia.edu reviews – legit or scam?, 2015) about the service’s practice of data gathering on members, even suggesting that it might be illegal (Jason, 2015; Charles, 2015). Further searches for information on the service identified no more spam issues however, and I realize that the two negative comments posted on the same date may not reflect independent opinions or reliable information.<\/p>\n

The remaining information I found focused on the issue discussed in Wecker’s (2014) review<\/a> about takedown notices from journals objecting to copyrighted materials being posted for free distribution.\u00a0 While I strongly agree with Stephen Downes that publicly funded research should be open (2016), I also agree with Banchetti’s (2012) comments “Copyright is copyright” and “Publishing is a business” (n.p.) arguing that authors must respect the terms of copyright agreements they sign with a journal. Ever the champion of open access, even Downes recognizes that someone must pay, and argues that open educational resources (OER) require a sustainability model if they are to replace a paid publication and distribution system (2006).\u00a0 Academia.edu’s data mining still seems invasive (I now have an unsolicited follower), but that may be one sustainability model showing the price of open.<\/p>\n

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References<\/p>\n

Academia.edu Reviews – Legit or Scam? (2015). Retrieved August 7, 2016, from http:\/\/www.reviewopedia.com\/academia-edu-reviews<\/a><\/p>\n

Banchetti, M. (2012). Re: Should you share your research on academia.edu? [Blog comment] Retrieved August 7, 2016 from https:\/\/chroniclevitae.com\/news\/345-should-you-share-your-research-on-academia-edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Charles, G. (2015, November 13). Re: Academia.edu reviews – Legit or scam? [Blog comment]. Retrieved August 7, 2016 from http:\/\/www.reviewopedia.com\/academia-edu-reviews<\/a><\/p>\n

Downes, S. (2006). Models for sustainable 0pen educational resources. Retrieved August 7, 2016, from http:\/\/nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca\/eng\/view\/object\/?id=dfac7874-dbe9-40f9-8f06-3212ef05ddf8<\/a><\/p>\n

Downes, S. (2016, June 17). Canada\u2019s new plan on open government 2016-2018. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.downes.ca\/post\/65460<\/a><\/p>\n

Jason. (2015, November 13). Re: Academia.edu reviews – Legit or scam? [Blog comment]. Retrieved August 7, 2016 from http:\/\/www.reviewopedia.com\/academia-edu-reviews<\/a><\/p>\n

Wecker, M. (2014). Should you share your research on Academia.edu? Retrieved from https:\/\/chroniclevitae.com\/news\/345-should-you-share-your-research-on-academia-edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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