LIRC@SFIT

Publishers and societies take action against Research Gate’s copyright infringements Following unsuccessful attempts to jointly find ways for scholarly collaboration network ResearchGate to run its service in a copyright-compliant way, a coalition of information analytics businesses, publishers and societies is now left with no other choice but to take formal steps to remedy the illicit hosting of millions of subscription articles on the ResearchGate site. Exchanging research and collaborating has been an integral part of academic work for centuries. Today, cooperation across geographic boundaries and disciplines has become easier than ever with online tools making connections in real-time, opening up infinite ways for breakthrough discoveries. These are true achievements and publishers of academic research welcome them and have helped to facilitate them. To read more, visit http://www.responsiblesharing. org/coalition-statement / (accessed on October 13, 2017)

Copy + Paste = Delete No more copying or padding up assignments with information off the net. A new UGC guideline asks institutions to set up committees to cross check for copying THOUGH PLAGIARISM WILL NOW BE PUNISHABLE UNDER THE NEW UGC GUIDELINES, IT IS NOT A LEGAL OFFENCE It starts with copying homework from a classmate at school because you were too lazy to do yours. Then you begin copying a few lines from Wikipedia to pad up an assignment. ILLUSTRATION: SHRIKRISHNA PATKAR For a disturbingly large number of Indian students, plagiarism – the practice of taking someone else’s idea or work and passing it as your own – is part of academic life. It’s ignored by school and college until almost the post-graduate level, where regulations are stricter. Now, the University Grants Commission (UGC) is taking active steps to promote academic integrity and prevent plagiarism i...