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Post-Book Academia: Leaving Academia.edu

Posted on By David Perry

Guy Geltner, a medievalist, has written an important piece on why he is leaving Academia.edu, a site that encourages academics to upload their work (skirting copyright laws by calling them “drafts” in some cases), and deploying various algorithms to connect people, encourage discussion, and so forth. I joined and put two papers online. One – … Continue ReadingPost-Book Academia: Leaving Academia.edu

Post-Book Academia: Save Ashgate

Posted on By David Perry

The Chronicle for Higher Education covered the “Save Ashgate” petition and movement, now with over 7000 signatures (which is a huge number for an academic publishing issue). The company has not yet responded to the petitioners, according to Kathleen E. Kennedy, an associate professor of English at Pennsylvania State University-Brandywine. That silence speaks volumes, she … Continue ReadingPost-Book Academia: Save Ashgate