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Last but Not Least: Hacking the Academy--the Print and Ebook Editions1 comment

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 6 days ago: I am pleased to note that the University of Michigan Press has now published the print and ebook edi … more →

Tags: Good News!, Digital projects, new publications, publications, scholarly communication, Neoliberal Patterns, open access, Digital Humanities, open-education

Two Reasons to Love the University of Nebraska Press @UnivNebPress1 comment

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 5 months ago: Visitors to this site will know that I am involved in a range of projects relating to reform in the … more →

Tags: OA Journals, Digital projects, Databases, new publications, publications, Editorial and Opinion, scholarly communication, IP (Intellectual Property), open access

Open Research and Learning: Collaboration, Connections, and Communities

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: I am very happy to be again visiting the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities. Over the weeken … more →

Tags: OA Journals, Conferences, OA Media, Digital projects, scholarly communication, IP (Intellectual Property), open folklore, open-education, Digital Divide

Open Access Interview Part Two @savageminds

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: Thanks again to Ryan Anderson for working with me on an interview exploring the basic issues relatin … more →

Tags: OA Journals, OA Media, Digital projects, Open Anthropology, Editorial and Opinion, folklore studies, scholarly communication, IP (Intellectual Property), American Folklore Society Business

Interview on Open Access @savageminds

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: Thank you very much to anthropologist Ryan Anderson for inviting me to do an interview on open acces … more →

Tags: OA Journals, Interlocutors, OA Media, Digital projects, Open Anthropology, Editorial and Opinion, folklore studies, scholarly communication, open folklore

AFS Releases Lay and Expert Knowledge Project Reports #oaweek

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: In time for Open Access Week, the American Folklore Society and the Center for Folklore Studies at T … more →

Tags: Good News!, new publications, publications, scholarly societies, folklore studies, scholarly communication, American Folklore Society Business, open folklore, open access

On the Harvesting of Low Hanging Fruit #oaweek2 comments

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: In disciplinary contexts, community discussions of open access and related issues in scholarly commu … more →

Tags: OA Journals, OA Media, Digital projects, Open Anthropology, scholarly societies, Editorial and Opinion, folklore studies, scholarly communication, Ethnology

Open Access Week + Occupy Scholarly Communications #occupyscholcomm #oaweek1 comment

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: My job is eating my lunch at present so I have not yet had time to engage properly with open access … more →

Tags: OA Journals, OA Media, Open Anthropology, scholarly communication, Enclosure, Neoliberal Patterns, IP (Intellectual Property), open folklore, open access

Loans and Books: Two Brief Observations Made During the Student Debt Revolt1 comment

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: Many excellent graduate students with whom I have the honor of working receive only modest or no ass … more →

Tags: new publications, publications, Editorial and Opinion, folklore studies, Enclosure, IP (Intellectual Property), environmental degredation, ethnobotany, open-education

New Open Access Tools, Resources, Partnerships, and Content Announced @openfolklore1 comment

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: I am happy to report that real and significant progress in the Open Folklore project continues to be … more →

Tags: OA Journals, Good News!, OA Media, Databases, Open Anthropology, folklore, folklore studies, scholarly communication, Ethnology

How to Hack Academic Book Publishing in Two (Not So) Easy Steps - IHE #hackacad

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: A wonderfully engaged, positive review of Hacking the Academy by Barbara Fister is in today’s … more →

Tags: Good News!, In the media, Social Media, Editorial and Opinion, Books, scholarly communication, open folklore

On Duke University Press' Partnership with HathiTrust

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: News of Duke University Press’ new partnership with HathiTrust Digital Library is discussed [b … more →

Tags: Good News!, Digital projects, scholarly communication

On Hacking the Academy #hackacad

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: I am very pleased to note that the edited book version of Hacking the Academy appeared online today. … more →

Tags: OA Journals, Good News!, OA Media, Digital projects, publications, Books, scholarly communication, Enclosure, IP (Intellectual Property)

Hacking the Academy, Revisited [ #hackacad ]3 comments

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 1 year ago: I am honored to have learned that my post “Getting Yourself Out of the Business in Five Easy S … more →

Tags: publications, Editorial and Opinion, scholarly communication, Enclosure, Digital Humanities

Ruth Finnegan's New Book on Quotations Available in Gratis OA Form

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 2 years ago: Ruth Finnegan’s book Why Do We Quote? The Culture and History of Quotation has just been publi … more →

Tags: Good News!, Linguistic Anthropology, folklore studies, scholarly communication, open folklore, Anthropology, Google

Outstanding Collaboration Citation for Open Folklore1 comment

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 2 years ago: The Open Folklore project, a collaborative effort between the Indiana University Bloomington Librari … more →

Tags: OA Journals, Good News!, OA Media, Digital projects, prizes, scholarly societies, Awards, folklore studies, scholarly communication

Wenner-Gren Foundation Takes Major Step for Open Access

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 2 years ago: Anthropologists have reason to cheer with news from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological R … more →

Tags: OA Journals, Good News!, For the Record, new publications, Linguistic Anthropology, Open Anthropology, Editorial and Opinion, scholarly communication, Ethnology

Read Frank Speck's Oklahoma Essays on your Phone, Free (Connexions)

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 2 years ago: The Connexions project headquartered at Rice University is great. I tried it out as a book publishin … more →

Tags: Practical information, Good News!, Digital projects, new publications, publications, Books, folklore studies, scholarly communication, Ethnology

Excellence in Folklore Scholarship Leads to Utah State University Joining HathiTrust

Jason Baird Jackson wrote 2 years ago: An important Utah State University Press release: LOGAN — In an agreement called transformative, Uta … more →

Tags: OA Journals, Good News!, OA Media, Digital projects, In the media, folklore, folklore studies, scholarly communication, Ethnology


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