Friday, August 15, 2014

News for library nerds, August 15, 2014

Scholarly laziness, secondary citation, and the creation of academic urban legends; or, how Popeye and spinach got a raw deal.

Use confusion to increase learning. I've often thought we've been a bit too helpful in library instruction. Perhaps we need to force them to scratch their heads and think a bit more . . .

Should individuals be able to make Google remove unflattering (or untrue) auto-complete suggestions?

Online data a boon to researchers but ethical quagmire.

The “free” Interent + add blockers = an Internet that is designed to appeal to people who are too clueless to install add blockers. Is it possible to maintain high-quality content in an open-access form? One author writes about his experience.

Definition of plagiarism is plagiarized. Seriously.

Wimbledon is plagued by plagiarism.

Banning anonymity may not get rid of trolls, so what are the other options?

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