http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/02/07/blogging-law/ Duke's source for advice and information about copyright and publication issues Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:32:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/02/07/blogging-law/comment-page-1/#comment-108121 Scholarly Communications @ Duke » Access to legal scholarship Tue, 06 May 2008 00:37:44 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/02/07/blogging-law/#comment-108121 [...] have written several times before about scholarship in the field of law (here, for example, and here). For a variety of reasons, legal scholarship is an excellent laboratory for [...] [...] have written several times before about scholarship in the field of law (here, for example, and here). For a variety of reasons, legal scholarship is an excellent laboratory for [...]

]]> http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/02/07/blogging-law/comment-page-1/#comment-59901 aisha Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:45:01 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/02/07/blogging-law/#comment-59901 The question: Can blogs be considered a "traditional" or valid source of scholarship? Will need to be answered. We know that people are reading them, citing them and communicating with each other in blogs every day. These blogs are not peer reviewed in the traditional sense but because readers can react to them, provide commentary and critique a blog statement the blog itself presents the opportunity for peers to address flawed arguments. Blogs will need to be addressed because if they are considered traditional scholarship then they should be protected under Intellectual Property rules that ensure that faculty retain the ownership of this information regardless of where it is hosted. Also ignoring the contributions of blogs impedes scholarship and intellectual progress. The question: Can blogs be considered a “traditional” or valid source of scholarship? Will need to be answered. We know that people are reading them, citing them and communicating with each other in blogs every day. These blogs are not peer reviewed in the traditional sense but because readers can react to them, provide commentary and critique a blog statement the blog itself presents the opportunity for peers to address flawed arguments. Blogs will need to be addressed because if they are considered traditional scholarship then they should be protected under Intellectual Property rules that ensure that faculty retain the ownership of this information regardless of where it is hosted. Also ignoring the contributions of blogs impedes scholarship and intellectual progress.

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