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	<title>Love of History &#187; academia.edu</title>
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		<title>The moral right to distribute your own publications online</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago several academics commented (on facebook) on the state of our publication rights. It seems that the author comes up with an innovative idea for an article or a book, puts together a number of applications for funding or funds his/her own research, s/he struggles to find the evidence usually in distant countries, catalogues the available material, writes several drafts of the article, presents several papers in conferences. All in the space of five to ten years. Eventually, a publisher appears willing to undertake the task of publishing the Work. The author usually does not see a penny from this publication, unless the book is a popular one (which does not happen very often). At the same time, the publisher reserves every right to distribute the work. The author is not allowed to reproduce online any of his/her publications, unless s/he receives the explicit permission of the publisher. A permission that is almost never forthcoming, because of the alleged loss of income the publisher will suffer. This is certainly a problematic situation, especially in view of the new available online platforms; academia.edu being one of them, and google scholar being the other. These two outlets could transform the world of publication, literally over night, if all authors decide to upload their papers and books. These are two well known and respected platforms that all academics use in order to communicate the results of their work to other researchers, if not to the public. However, they do not seem to have the legal right to do so. Several publishers are forcing us to sign contracts that do not allow us to distribute our work in an electronic form. And my question is: Even if we lose the legal right of our intellectual property, do we still have a moral right of ownership? And I do not mean the moral right described by British copyright law, which gives us the paternity of the manuscript and ensures proper citations. Instead, I mean the broader ability to present our research to the world, who (after all) pays for it in advance of its publication.]]></description>
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		<title>Academia.edu : Another Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I am wrong, I do not hesitate to admit it. And this is the case with my views on the excellent site of Academia.edu . A few months ago I wrote a not so positive article on its operation. I was in Greece back then and the speed of the connection with the site was so low that I have not even managed to inspect its innermost pages. When I complained about it, some researchers answered that they never used it anyway and that they only checked out PHD Comics. At about the same time, the Academia.edu people contacted me to find out more about the problem. I described it to the best of my abilities and then I dismissed the site as another bankrupt platform. I have never been so wrong. A few weeks ago I decided to give Academia.edu another fighting chance. I logged into the site, became a member, built a rudimentary profile and started following people. Within the space of a few hours I easily found around 70 academics, whose research I was interested about, and at least 35 journals. The search has been easy and straightforward. And so was the uploading of my articles. Some of them were already up and running, before I even stepped into the site, and they just needed my approval! I actually found this a very impressive application. But most impressive of all was the fact that a substantially large number of my colleagues were already members and they welcomed me accordingly! Apart from the artistic design of the site, which does not please me, I have no other criticisms for the time being. But then, this is just a matter of personal taste. Therefore, I would like to recommend strongly Academia.edu to all of my colleagues, who are not already members. Please join, and let me see your research! Apart from Academia.edu you can also find me at the Facebook page “Love of History” (it is different from the blog, though I advertise most of my posts there) and my twitter account c_katsari. Please, follow me!]]></description>
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		<title>Academia.edu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Usually I am in favour of internet platforms that allow researchers to share their material for free with the rest of the world. However, in the case of Academia.edu all my hopes have been shattered. The site is so slow I have never been able to see any of the papers that have been uploaded. In the advertisements of their site they repeatedly mention how many researchers participated and how many articles they share. How they managed to go beyond the Home Page is anybody’s guess. If any of you can help me in this, I would deeply appreciate it.]]></description>
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