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ICYMI: News July 27-August 2
- By: Manuel Ostos
- On: 08/04/2015 17:40:08
- In: In Case You Missed It
ICYMI: Jeffrey Beall, a librarian at the University of Colorado, Denver, posted the following vitriolic blog entry criticizing SciELO and Redalyc: Is SciELO a Publication Favela? A few SALALM members responded in the comment section. Thanks for their contributions!
SciELO posted the following responses: The fenced-off ‘nice' publication neighbourhoods of Jeffrey Beall and Motion to repudiate Mr. Jeffrey Beall's classist attack on SciELO
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