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Elsevier Has Deployed an End-user Tracking Tool for Security. Should Users Be Concerned About Their Privacy?

Should library patrons be concerned about how Elsevier uses ThreatMetrix and how it tracks users? It’s complicated.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Oct 13, 2020
  • 7 Comments

Guest Post — Streaming Live – Oral Arguments in FTC v. OMICS

The legal case against it will help determine whether OMICS is merely a “spirited player” or something worse.

  • By Stewart Manley
  • Jun 5, 2020
  • 19 Comments

Researcher to Reader (R2R) Debate: Is Sci-Hub Good or Bad for Scholarly Communication?

Transcript of a debate held at the 2019 Researcher to Reader Conference, on the resolution “Sci-Hub Does More Good Than Harm to Scholarly Communication.”

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Apr 16, 2019
  • 28 Comments

Guest Post — The Dissertation Publication Requirement: It’s Time for Reexamination

Guest author Rob Schlesinger encourages a rethink of the common requirement that graduate students publish their dissertations.

  • By Rob Schlesinger
  • Apr 8, 2019
  • 36 Comments

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