‘I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift
with a sharp point that you may remember me.
I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give)
as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.’
(trans. Tomlin 2019)
Tag Archives: OA
Open Access: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Just Gave Us 375,000 More Reasons to Celebrate The Public Domain
As I wrote about in this week’s Forbes blog post, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York yesterday announced the release of 375,000 images of artwork into the Public Domain. Those of you who follow this blog know that I talk endlessly (some might say freely!) about the merits of open content initiatives. Ergo, IContinue reading “Open Access: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Just Gave Us 375,000 More Reasons to Celebrate The Public Domain”
#DeleteAcademiaEdu: The Argument For Non-Profit Repositories
It has been a hectic morning attempting to read and respond to the flurry of activity surrounding my column this week over at Forbes, which argues that scholars should remove their work from the for-profit platform Academia.edu. I am neither the first nor the last academic to harangue members of the academy to take this step,Continue reading “#DeleteAcademiaEdu: The Argument For Non-Profit Repositories”
History From Below 