Interesting article: Beall's list no more

Good morning everyone, I thought some of you might find this piece an interesting read: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/18/librarians-list-predatory-jou... Cheers, Rosario Passos Advisor, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ] 200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman [ https://open.bccampus.ca/ ]

Good heavens - is he serious! http://triplec.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/525/514 "The open-access movement is a negative movement rather than a positive one. It is more a movement against something than it is a movement for something. Some will respond that the movement is not against anything; it is just for open access. But a close analysis of the discourse of the OA advocates reveals that the real goal of the open access movement is to kill off the for-profit publishers and make scholarly publishing a cooperative and socialistic enterprise. It's a negative movement." And it's published in an open access journal ...????? Debra ________________________________ From: Bcoel [bcoel-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca] on behalf of Rosario Passos [rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca] Sent: January 18, 2017 8:45 AM To: bcoel; bcoep Subject: [Bcoel] Interesting article: Beall's list no more Good morning everyone, I thought some of you might find this piece an interesting read: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/18/librarians-list-predatory-jou... Cheers, Rosario Passos Advisor, Open Education BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate. 236-888-8599<callto:236-888-8599> | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca> 200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 bccampus.ca<http://www.bccampus.ca/> | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman [cid:6188866345e9a11e6556e2eb80609d3280bf8083(a)zimbra]<https://open.bccampus.ca/>
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