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Loss of pollinator functional diversity reduces genetic diversity in a keystone tropical understory plant
410 Rudder TowerEEB Seminar Presented by Andrew Jones, Assistant Professor, Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon State University
A Game of Coins: The Losses and Gain, the Winners and Losers in Scholarly Communications
Evans Library, 204EPresented by David Carlson, Dean of Libraries, Texas A&M University Over the course of my career, my professional interests have long been in the issues of scholarly communication and open science. I have always wanted to develop a talk that focuses on the flow of money in the publications process because I believe it is fundamentally […]
Paywall: The Business of Scholarship
Evans Library, 204EMovie Screening as part of International Open Access Week A documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that […]