The current way in which we access academic research has some major flaws. Right now, scholarly research…
The purpose of research has always been to expand the understanding of the world around us, but it seems today that access to this research is a privilege only for a small caste of people. For decades, scholars have spread their research using Scholarly Publishers who then provide…
A Sea of Knowledge
Knowledge is what keeps the human race moving forward, it leads to creation, innovation and development. Before modernity, ideas expanded by trade or interaction and they helped societies build civilizations. Powerful knowledge from Darwin, Confucius, Simone de Beauvoir or Thoreau, which…
In most cultures around the world, academia is held with a very high regard. It is attributed with educating the young and carrying on thousands of years of human heritage. For this reason, it is no surprise that many people in the world want…
Mendeley is a reference manager used to review and share research papers. Jason Fitzpatrick, from Lifehacker.com, summarized that the main goal of this program is to manage and organize documents, for your own personal use and to share with others. Mendeley also gives its user access to store…
There is no doubt that the internet offers an enormous amount of information, but is that information available to everyone with a computer? The short answer is no.
It’s complicated.
The Internet’s Own Boy, a documentary film highlighting Aaron Swartz’ fight for open-access information, is critical of neutrality. It’s critical of MIT’s neutral stance in the case of Swartz’ fate. It’s critical of elite journals…
Information is free. Right?
Wrong.
The perception the Internet offers an inclusive atmosphere to discover information initially appears correct, as Google and Bing over a solution to seemingly every…
