Introduction

Ahoy! My name is Danny Fekete, and I will be your dewy-eyed, neophytic portal into the events of ELPUB 2008. Long have you waited, I’m sure, for the opportunity to experience the conference bereft of your years of experience in the growing field of open scholarship, liberated from your jading competence and imagination-dulling knowledge of key players and projects. Ladies and gentlemen, I am for you.

I will be attending the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto for my M.A. in Higher Education Studies, focusing on the viability of internet technology and open source developments to provide a full tertiary education experience while obviating the full tertiary education expense. This conference, accordingly, is a smorgasbord of research avenues, of which most I am, at present, spectacularly ignorant. I anticipate a candy-store experience; if you would brave the cooties, you may share it with me.