Sharing is giving something to someone else to use or enjoy. sharing is a key social skill. It can help children build friendships and learn how to solve problems. Children can practise sharing by taking turns with their favourite toys at playtime or by drawing a big picture together using the same packet of crayons. Sharing also means being understanding of other people’s feelings. Toddlers can find it hard to share, especially if they want to keep their own toys and are upset when another child takes theirs. You can help them to understand that everyone has feelings and you can practise with them, for example by role playing sharing with them, or by encouraging fair play at a playdate.
On the Internet, sharing is a feature that lets you post an article from a website to your social media account or a note-taking app. You can use this on most web pages by clicking the button that typically looks like a social media logo (e.g. Facebook) and the word “Share”.
The sharing of articles is a critical part of the research process. However, knowing to what extent you can legally share your work depends on where it has been published and whether it is Green or Gold OA [1]. The scholarly community has developed various ways of managing this complexity including using tools to identify potential barriers to the sharing of research results and finding solutions to them. v