Thoughts on Session 1: Defining OER

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The course so far has been an interesting mix of refresher and new content. It is all thought-provoking, and I appreciate that the material isn't too long and involved. This gives me a chance to delve into some of the resources suggested. The Guardian piece about Robert Maxwell and the empire he built around academic journal publishing was fascinating. It provided me with a rich background on the current and past negotiations of libraries with Elsevier. What incredible greed. It makes me so pleased that institutional repositories have become more common. These repositories make it possible for more scholarship to appear without cost to those looking for it. I include copies of my works in my institutional repository, and I've been amazed at the number of people who are accessed my work there.
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