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Ariadne
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ASIS&T Bulletin - Institutional Repositories: The Great Debate
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Association of College & Research Libraries
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Books without Barriers
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British Newspaper Archive
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Canadian Association of Research Libraries
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Canadian Liberary Assosiation
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Center for Social Media
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Communication,knowlege and networks for sustainable and equitable development
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Copyright Portal
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Coyright & A2K Information Service launched!
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Curious Librarian – From Philosophy To Practice
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Data Archiving and Networked Services
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DCC
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Digital Libraries - Online Publications, Exhibits, Documents & Journals
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Digitization and Preservation of Library Materials
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DRIVER Guidelines for Repository Managers
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eBooks for Libraries
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Electronic Information for Liberaries
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Facilitating Access to Copyright Works for Visually Impaired Persons
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FAQ For Librarians
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Five films now available: Copyright, Open Access & Libraries and human rights
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Flatworld Knowledge
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Free Books - Project Gutenberg
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Free Data Services
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Fundamental Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
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Harper Collins statement
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How do I make my research papers openly available without leaving out peer-review?
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If you love books, why not help build a library?
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IFLA Information Technology Section’s newsletter
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IMSLP Public Domain Music Website
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Increasing Self- Achieving of Faculty Publications in Institutional Repositories
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Indian Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Website of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani
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Institutional repositories policies on the World Wide Web
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Institutional Repositories: an Internal and External Perspective on the Value of IRs for Researchers’ Communities
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Institutional Repository Bibliography
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Internatinal Federation of Liberary Association
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IPL2 - Information You Can Trust
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ITHAKA helps the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways
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JORUM: Learning to Share
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Libraries and Open Educational Resources
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Library and Information Association of South Africa
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Library and Information Association of South Africa
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Library intelligencer
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Library Law Blog
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Library of Congress
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List of digital library projects
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Merlin
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MIT Amendment Form
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National Library of Australia
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National Library of the Netherlands
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Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissert
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Newspaper Archive
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Newspaper Archive – Explore, Discover, share
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On Libraries and a Future without Petroleum
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Online Learning Tips
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Open Access to Knowledge and Information
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Open Biblio (graphic) Projects
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Open Educational Resources (Wikiversity)
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Open Library - One web page for every book
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Pioneering collaboration between publishers, repositories and researchers
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Public Knowledge Project (PKP)
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Publisher copyright policies and self-archiving
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Ranking Web of World Repositories
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ResearchGATE is a professional network for scientists
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Scholarly Communication in Crisis
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Supporting Open Access Initiatives Worldwide
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Systems Librarian
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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
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The Library in the New Age
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The Center For Research Libraries
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The Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) Newsletter, Nov. 2010
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The Deaf Resource Library
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The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
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The Global Disability Rights Library
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The Green Library
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The Magazine of Digital Library Research
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The Scholary Kitchen
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The World Digital Library
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Tools for Authors
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University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Web of Knowledge
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Wikisource – the Free Library That Anyone Can Improve
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Wikiversity:Main Page
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Wolfram Alpha
International Organizations and IP:
Miscellaneous links:
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1Goal Education for All – Support Global Initiative
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2009 Special 301 Report (USA)
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3D Trade Human Rights Equitable Economy
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50 Best Blogs for Education Leaders
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A book publisher’s manifesto for the 21st century
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About LMLG - The London Mobile Learning Group
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Academic Commons
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Academic Reference Manager
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African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development (OA)
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African Legal Information Institute
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African Platform on Access to information
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Alaska Native Science Commission
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Asia and the Commons Case Study 2008
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Asian Countries' Reports on Anti-Counterfeiting Practices and Legislations.
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Association for Progressive Communications
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Bibliometrics, global rankings, and transparency
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British Newspaper Archive
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Commons knowledge alliance
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Commonwealth of Learning
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Connexions
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Copy Right, Copy Sense
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Copyright in Photography
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Copyright Watch – Copyright law
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Course Hero
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Creativity Portal
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Culturelink Network
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Cuny Academic Commons
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Cyberbee
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Deaf Education Options Guide
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Deaf Spot
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Deafdigest – America’s Unique Deaf Stories
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Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography (2) - Copyright Issues
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Duke law/ Faculty and Scholarship
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Educational Cyber Play Ground
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EduDemic - Connecting Education & Social Media
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eLearning Africa 2011
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Electronic Privacy Information Center
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e-Tutoring
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e-Tutoring
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EU’s Television Heritage on OA
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Farmers' Rights
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Fix the Web – Addressing Accessibility
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Folksemantic
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Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure e.V.
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Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning
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Freedom, Security and Justice
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Gender Evaluation Methodology
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Get More from Your Academic Research
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Get rid of the patent absurdities
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HumBox
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iLearn Technology
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Information Research - An International Electronic Journal
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Information Today, Inc
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Institutional Repositories Bibliography
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JISC RSC Wales
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Jorum
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Key Perspectives: fifteenth year in business
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Khan Academy
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Know Your Rights As an Author
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Knowledge Exchange
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Learning cloud
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Legal Issues Related to Digitization
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LiveBinders
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Math Playground
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Mobile Media Toolkit
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Mobile Trip Planner
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Mobile Web in Africa 2011
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Mobile Web in Africa 2011
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Mobile Web in Africa 2011
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Mondaq - Articles on All Regions
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Netvibes
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No Polliwogs Here
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OER Africa Newletters
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OER University
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OER, Open Educational Resources
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Open Access - Publishing in European Networks
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Open access and the self-correction of knowledge
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Open Educational Resources (OER)
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Open Educational Resources (OER)
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Open Source Cinema
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Pioneering collaboration between publishers, repositories and researchers
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Plagiarism Portal
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Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
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Promoting good practice, inspiring innovation
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Public Knowledge
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Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving
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Questia - Trusted Online Research
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Read Write Web
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Research funders open access policies
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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog
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ScienceCard for Researchers
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SCRIPTed December 2011
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Social Network Apps
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SURFFOUNDATION
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Taylor and Francis Group - an Informa business
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TECHMATRIX Assistive Technology Tools and Resources for Learning
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The African Copyright & Access to Knowledge Project
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The Changing Nature of Libraries (and other Vimeos)
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The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge
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The Digital Curation Centre
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The Do It Yourself Scholar
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The Fair Use Network (USA)
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The Fortnightly Review of IP & Media Law
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The Internet Blueprint
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The real ACTA threat
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The scholarly Kitchen – What’s Hot and Cooking in Scholarly Publishing
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The transition from digital broadcasting in Africa
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The Union for Ethical BioTrade is proud to be a partner of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010.
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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
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Top 10 Open Source e-Learning Projects to Watch for 2011
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TopMarks Educational Search Engine
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Traditional Knowledge
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UK Commission Report Highlights Negative Impacts Of IPRS On Development
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UK Web Archive – Preserving UK Websites
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UNITAD Statement on the Medicines Patent Pool
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Using the SPARC Author Addendum
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Vimeos on Open Access
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VUMA Student Portal
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WebCite
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What is EDUCAUSE?
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What is Pool?
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What we don't know about open access
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WorldChanging
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Zotero (free online reference manager)
Open access initiatives:
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100 Free Lecturers that will make you a Better Writer
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100 Free Open Courseware Classes About Open Source Everything
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11 Free Open Source Alternatives for Designers
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12 Web Learning Resources and Applications
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150 Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection
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20 Best Websites To Download Free EBooks
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50 Places to Find Free Books online
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7 Best Places to Download FREE Textbooks
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700 Publishers Covered by RoMEO
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A Christmas List of Open Access Gifts – Part Two
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a survey of the research community
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AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom
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Access To Knowledge Movement
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Accredited peer-reviewed Open Access Journals (South Africa)
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African Journal Archive
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African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
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Another society journal converts to OA
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Association of Research Libraries
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Australia’s Free Online Network for Educators
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Authors and Open Access
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A-Z of Educational Resources
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Bioline International
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BioMed Central
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Blogs about Open Access
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Bloomsburry Academic
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BLOSSOMS – Blended Learning Open source Science Or Math Studies
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Case Study: Open Access Yields Solid Growth for Hindawi
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Center for the Study of the Public Domain
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Centre for the Study of the Public Domain – What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2010?
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CiteSeer - Scientific Literature Digital Library and Search Engine
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CMS-E-Learning
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COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories
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Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity
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Connexions
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Create Change
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Cultural Knowledge (downloadable books)
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Curriki, a web site where the community shares and collaborates on free and open source curricula
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Data repositories
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DataCite (Data Repositories)
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Developing Nations Initiatives
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Dictionary of Open Access Journals
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Digital Libraries - Online Publications, Exhibits, Documents & Journals
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Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research
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Digital Scholarship
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Directory of Open Access Journals
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D-Lib Magazine
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Documentary Stream - Knowledge is Freedom
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Dovepress – Open Access to Scientific and Medical Research
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Downloadable Resources - International
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DSpace
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DSpace Open Access repository development in Africa: Sudan, South Africa
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DuraSpace
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Education Portal - Free Video Lecture Podcasts
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Educational Materials about OA
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EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
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EDUCAUSE Review
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Einztein - Free Online Courses
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E-Learning gateway
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Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography
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E-Medical Education
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EmergingEdTech – a leading open source LMS
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Equal Education
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eScholarship provides open access, scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research paltform to scholars worldwide
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Everything That's Not Happening in the WTO
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Free Academic Open Access Books, Journals and Research Papers
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Free and Open Learning Materials
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Free Culture
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Free Documentaries.org – The Truth is Free
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Free eBooks by Project Gutenberg
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Free Learning - OER Resources
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Free OA Textbooks
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Future Lab: Free Online Learning Tools
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Get More from Your Academic Research
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Gleducar joins the FTA Associate Network
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Global Court – Supreme Court Decisions from Around The World
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Global Knowledge Exchange (GKEN)
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Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
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Global Open Access Policy-Making Guidance Sites for Universities, Funders and Governments
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Hippo Campus
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how Hindawi became an open access publisher
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iBerry - The Academic Porthole
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Info for Repository Managers
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Infoplease - All the knowledge you need
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Informa World
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Information Literacy Resource Bank
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inTech - Open Access Publishers in Science, Technology & Medicine
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International Council for Open and Distance Education - ICDE
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International Open Access Week
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International Open Source Network
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Internet Archive
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Internet Archive – Universal Access to All Knowledge
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IREL - Open Project
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Issues in Scholarly Communications
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Jazz Goa
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JIPITEC – Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law
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JISC Scholarly Communications Action Handbook
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JOIN THE GOA,1556 BOOK CLUB
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JURN directory
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Knowledge Exchange
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Lawrence Lessig on "Open Content and the Ethics of Science"
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Learning Space
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Libertas Academica
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List of Institutional Repositories
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Mahara - Open Source Eportfolios
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Measurement Media in Industry & Science
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MIT Open Course Ware
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NARCIS : OA publications and e-theses (Dutch universities, scientific institutes, KNAW and NOW).
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National Accessibility Portal (NAP)
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Net Media Europe
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NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository
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North Carolina Learning Object Repository
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OA Resources
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OAIster Database
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OAK Law Project
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OAK Law Project
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Oasis
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OASPA - “Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association”
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OER Africa
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OER at Oxford (OpenSpires)
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OER: Open Educational Resources for Africans
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Open Access Africa
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Open Access and Institutional Repositories with EPrints
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Open Access and Scholarly Communication -- A Selection of Key Web Sites
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Open Access Anthropology in Africa
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Open Access Archivangelism Blog
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Open Access Central
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Open Access Day
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Open Access Directory
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Open Access Funder Policies
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Open Access Gateway to Open Innovation
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Open Access in South Africa
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Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe
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Open Access Initiatives in South Africa
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Open Access Journal – First Monday
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Open Access Journal Collection
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Open Access Journals & Conference Proceedings Published by RIT Libraries
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Open access Knowledge for all
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Open Access Movement in Developing Countries
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Open Access Overview
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Open Access Policies
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Open Access publisher of Scientific Books and Journals
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Open Access Publishing
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Open Access Publishing in European Networks
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Open Access Publishing in European Networks
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Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook
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Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcsbook
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Open Access to Information of UNESCO
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Open Access to Scholary Information
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Open Access Webliography
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Open access week
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Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication
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Open AIRE - Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe
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Open Attribute
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Open Biology
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Open Biology
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Open Book Publishers – a new approach to academic publishing
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Open Content
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Open courses backed by learning research
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Open Culture
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Open Dictionary
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Open DOAR
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Open Education Week
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Open Educational Resources
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Open Educational Resources
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Open Educational Resources - Zunia
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Open Educational Resources Commons
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Open educational resources in Chinese and English
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Open Government Data
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Open Grey
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Open J-Gate
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Open Journal Systems
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Open Journal Systems
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Open Journals - Open access links
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Open Journals Publishing
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Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
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Open Learning Resources
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Open Learning Resources
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Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning
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Open Medicine
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Open Reflections: Publishing, Peer Review and Quality Certification in the Digital Age
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Open Repositories 2010 – Learning and Culture
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Open Science At Web-Scale: Optimising Participation and Predictive Potential
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Open Shakespeare
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Open Society Institute
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Open Source - Where Open Source Multiplies
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Open Source Initiative OSI - The University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License:Licensing
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Open Source. Open Learning
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Open technologies for durable digital content
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Open Text Books
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Open University Research Repository
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Open.Michigan
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Open…– Open Source, Open Genomics, Open Content
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OpenAire - Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe
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OpenCourseWare (MIT)
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Opening Access to Australian Archives
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OpenJorum
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OpenLearn LabSpace
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OpenNet Initiative
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OpenThesis
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P2PU
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Peter Suber on NIH Mandate Misconceptions
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PLoS Medicine
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Public Library of Science
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Public Access Mandate made Law (USA)
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Public Domain Works DBBeta
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Public Knolwedge Project (PKP)
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Publishers allowing the deposition of their published version/PDF in Institutional Repositories
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PubMed Central Canada
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PubMed Central Canada, A Free Archive of Life Science Journals
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Ranking Web of World Repositories
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Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)
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Remixable Textbooks by Expert Authors, Free Online and Affordable Offline
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Repository Man
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Research Communications Strategy - Briefing Papers - Open Access: In Support of Research
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Research funders' open access polices
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Responses to remixing on a social media sharing website
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ROARMAP
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ROARMAP - Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies
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ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies)
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Sabinet Open Access Journals
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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog
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Scholarly Exchange (self-publishing of journals)
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Scholarpedia
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Scientific Electronic Library Online SA (SciELO)
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Scratch
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Seven of the Best Open Course Resources For Entrepreneurs
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South African Institute for Distance Education
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Southern African Legal Information Institute
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Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII)
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SpringerOpen journals
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Study Guides and Strategies
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SUNScholar/IR
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Supporting Innovation and Interoperability in Educational Technology
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Supporting Open Access Initiatives Worldwide
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Teachability Web Site
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The Blind Readers' Page
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The Directory of Open Access Repositories - OpenDOAR
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The Free Technology Academy
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The Internet Archive – OER
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The Memory of Modern Egypt project
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The Open Access Map
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The Open Dentistry Journal
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The Open Knowledge Definition
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The OpenScience Project
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The Study of Open Access Publishing (SOAPs) is a two-year project, funded by the European Commission under FP7 (Seventh Framework Programme)
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TicTocs – new free scholarly journal tables of contents (TOCs) service.
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Time Line of the Open Access Movement
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Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography
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Transifex, the open translation platform
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Two New Webcasts About Scholarly Publishing/Open Access
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UNESCO-OER – Open Educational Resources
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Universal access to all knowledge
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Versita Open
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Web Science Trust
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Web2Rights
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Webology – Open Access articles
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What is Enabling OpenScholarship
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What is Open Access?
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What is Scitable?
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What you can do to promote Open Access
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WikiEducator: Free e-learning content
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WIKIPEDIA
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Word Lecture Hall (free online course materials)
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World Day for AV Heritage Site
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World Legal Information Institute – Free, Independent and Non-Profit Access to Worldwide law
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Worldwide momentum for public access to publicly funded research
Science and R&D:
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