Shadow libraries : access to educational materials in global higher education / edited by Joe Karaga...
Shadow libraries : access to educational materials in global higher education / edited by Joe Karaga...
Shadow libraries : access to educational materials in global higher education / edited by Joe Karaganis.
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Publisher
Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2018/3451
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Language
English
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Physical content
313 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The Russian origins of the online shadow library / Balázs Bodó -- In the shadow of the gigapedia / Balázs Bodó -- Argentina: a student-made ecosystem in an era of state retreat / Evelin Heidel -- Access to learning resources in post-apartheid South Africa / Eve Gray and Laura Czerniewicz -- Pola...
Publication information
Publisher
Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, [2018]
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
[2018]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This collection looks at how university students in Russia, Argentina, South Africa, Poland, Brazil, India, and Uruguay get the books and articles they need for their education. The death of Aaron Swartz and the more recent controversy around the SciHub and Libgen repositories have drawn attention to the question of access to knowledge, particularl...
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Full title
Shadow libraries : access to educational materials in global higher education / edited by Joe Karaganis.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/3451
Record Identifier
74VKVAw40bvA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAw40bvA
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ISBN
0262535017 paperback ; alkaline paper
9780262535014 paperback ; alkaline paper
DDC
070.5
MMS ID
991024171688102626
