Scholarly Open Access. Open-Access Publisher Launches with 355 New Journals January 15, 2013 Template city We recently learned of the launch of one of the largest scholarly open-access publishers. It’s called Academic and Scientific Publishing, and it launched with an amazing 355 journal titles. Read the rest of this entry » Like this: One blogger likes this. Bogus New OA Publisher Association Attempts to Compete with OASPA January 9, 2013 A bogus industry association. Many have heard of OASPA (pronounced oh-ASS-puh), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association. Should Journalists Cite Material from Predatory Journals? January 8, 2013 Worthy of citation? By Robert Calin-Jageman and Jeffrey Beall Society benefits from the results of scientific research in many ways.
Read the rest of this entry » Two Predatory Bloopers January 3, 2013 The Biocan, second door on the left. OA Journal Pays Authors for Their Work — $2,500 December 28, 2012 A selection from the journal’s website. Read the rest of this entry » December 19, 2012. Another publisher accuses a librarian of libel. With the proliferation of scholarly journals – particularly open-access Internet journals that charge author fees – some librarians consider themselves on the front lines of the fight to preserve quality publishing. The weapon of choice for some, including Jeffrey Beall, associate professor and scholarly initiatives librarian at the University of Colorado Denver? The blog. But some publishers have taken up their own arms – including threats of lawsuits – in defense, raising questions about academic freedom and librarians in the Internet age.
Via its lawyer earlier this month, the Canadian Center for Science and Education, publisher of numerous open-access journals charging several-hundred dollar author fees, sent a letter to Beall informing him that his inclusion of the company and several of its products on a list of a possible-to-probable “predatory” journals on his blog amounted to defamation and libel. No court date has been set for that case. A manifesto – altmetrics.org.
Case Study Analysis. Introduction to Business Winter 2006 An Approach to Case Analysis Winter 2006 What is a Case Study? A case study is a description of an actual administrative situation involving a decision to be made or a problem to be solved. It can a real situation that actually happened just as described, or portions have been disguised for reasons of privacy. The Case Method as a Learning Tool The case method of analysis is a learning tool in which students and Instructors participate in direct discussion of case studies, as opposed to the lecture method, where the Instructor speaks and students listen and take notes.
Assigned cases are first prepared by students, and this preparation forms the basis for class discussion under the direction of the Instructor. Case studies are used extensively thoughout most business programs at the university level, and The F.C. How to do a Case Study Beforehand (usually a week before), you will get: Preparing A Case Study Step 1: The Short Cycle Process Be realistic! Knowledge Management & Social Media.