[IRTalk] A social network is not an open access repository

[Allison Fullard]

That is actually how they are categorised  -- as "academic social networking sites" so you can follow (via the interminable email alerts) what's being posted by your contacts and who is reading you.  I found this piece quite useful as it highlights how ephemeral these sites might be, thus making a distinction for IRs. 

>>> "Gibson, Hilton <hgibson at sun.ac.za>" <hgibson at sun.ac.za> 2016/09/08 02:51 PM >>>

Thats odd... why do they classify academia and research gate as social networks?


Hilton Gibson
Stellenbosch University Library
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A social networking site is not an open access repository
http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2015/12/a-social-networking-site-is-not-an-open-access-repository/





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