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WorldCat also features open source e-books, articles, and downloadable audiobooks and photos. ScienceDirect ScienceDirect is a platform by Elsevier that offers access to a huge collection of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters including open access materials. All books published before 1927 are available for free download.

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Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. ” From Mindwires Consulting: “ e-Literate Big Picture: LMS.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Private Colleges’ Tuition-Discount Rate Hits All-Time High.” ” Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).

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Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” .” Via Education Week : “ ESSA Point Man Jason Botel to Leave Education Dept. Post, Sources Say.”

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Wheeler supported e-Rate reform and “ net neutrality.” Campus Technology reports that “ Elsevier Debuts Metrics Tracking Journal Performance.” ” Meanwhile, “ Germany -wide consortium of research libraries announce boycott of Elsevier journals over open access,” according to BoingBoing.

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” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “With two executive orders, Gov. ” So, sorta like a coding bootcamp? .”

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Via Edsurge : “Why the FCC ’s E-rate Makes Funding High-Speed Internet a Slow Crawl.” “The Saga of Ohio ’s Embattled E-School Is Coming to an End,” writes Education Week’s Ben Herold. Elsevier has acquired Aries Systems. Times published teachers’ ratings.

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Elsevier Wants CloudFlare to Expose Pirate Sites,” TorrentFreak reports. ” “ 2016 E-Rate Trends.” Via Edsurge : “A Look at Square Panda , the Early Childhood Literacy App Funded by Andre Agassi.” ” Andre Agassi, early childhood literacy expert, right?