Readings for April 15

Here are the readings for our final theme on "scholarly knowledge production and publication for research and teaching in both print and online venues."  Unlike the topic last week, here there were a superabundance of readings to choose from, so I tried to find an eclectic mix (and I tried to find short, synthetic pieces making clear arguments rather than data-heavy research articles).  So here you go, in chronological order:

• John Willinsky, "Opening," in The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship (2006).
• Yochai Benkler, "The university in the networked economy and society: Challenges and opportunities," in Richard N. Katz, ed., The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing (2008).
• Kathleen Fitzpatrick, "Texts," in Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy (2011).
• Michael Stratford, "'Predatory' online journals lure scholars who are eager to publish," The Chronicle of Higher Education (04 March 2012).
• Jennifer Crewe, "We're definitely not in Kansas anymore — but are we in Oz?" Cinema Journal (Winter 2013).
• Richard Van Noorden, "The true cost of science publishing," Nature (28 March 2013).

Here are the assignments for these six readings:

• Meneses-Hall and Bottomley: Willinsky article summary and author info, respectively
• Roeder and Pratesi: Benkler article summary and author info, respectively
• Ineichen and Marshall: Fitzpatrick article summary and author info, respectively
• Zhang and Bard: Stratford article summary and author info, respectively
• Bond and Pegues: Crewe article summary and author info, respectively
• Toff and Stalker: Van Noorden article summary and author info, respectively
• Boehm: Discussion questions!