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The Shiny Digital Future

Authors: Mike Taylor
Matt Wedel
Darren Naish

A collection of blogs on open access from the Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week #AcademicSpring webiste. Many more entertaining blogs on dinosaurs are available at the site. I'll resist drawing a parallel between dinosaurs and current publishing modes.

http://svpow.com/the-digital-future/

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