This interview with Dean Giustini of the University of British Columbia (UBC) describes his interest in various topics including Web 2.0, Web 3.0, grey literature, open access, and teaching and learning.
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... [I]n its current form, the Web has made it increasingly difficult to explain scholarly publishing to undergraduates. Web 2.0 is anarchic and revolutionary, which is both a strength and a weakness in terms of bibliographic control. In addition, the rise of open-access journals and the changing notion of what makes a "journal article" have made the Web landscape more complex and harder to explain. ...
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
