Monthly Archives: September 2007

berlin5 : The laws of robotics; request for drafting

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

I have been asked about what we need for robotic access to publishers’ sites. Several publishers are starting to allow robotic access to their Open material. (Of course the full BBB declarations logically require this, but in practice many publishers … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : Chris Armbruster; green ==> gold

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

Chris argues that we must move rapidly to Gold OA (full OA) rather than Green (self-archiving). The community increasingly requires archival of the final version (e.g. for RAE). Why should OA publishers (like BMC) mimic conventional ones like Elsevier and … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : SCOAP

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

Salvatore Mele (CERN) on SCOAP (the new CERN OA publishing model). HEP (high energy physics) is decades ahead in OA thinking has been circualting preprints for 40 years arXiv 1991 first peer-reviewed electronic journals small community 20,000 and journals are … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : Monetizing informatics – a fantasy

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

I want to float an idea tomorrow – I don’t know whether it’s mad, but at least if we float it in the blogosphere I’ll find out if others have similar thoughts. In essence we need a method of rewarding … Continue reading →

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berlin 5: plenary 1

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

Random snippets: Fred Friend (original Berlin-1 signatory), now JISC and honorary Univ. College London… Need to go to GOLD OA asap. JISC will not massively fund this in the future (it has done quite a lot so far) but will … Continue reading →

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berlin 5: Open Data: What am I going to say?

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

I’m talking tomorrow on “Open Data” at the Berlin 5 conference on Open Access. (see this WP page for most of the terminology) This is the fifth annual meeting in the series – the first signed the actual declaration (Berlin … Continue reading →

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Robert Terry leaving Wellcome

Posted on September 19, 2007 by pm286

It was announced that Robert Terry will be leaving Wellcome, and I quote from a private letter (I am sure that’s OK). I will be leaving the Trust on 21st September to take up a position as Project Director to … Continue reading →

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Berlin 5: Open access – both easy and difficult

Posted on September 19, 2007 by pm286

I’ve arrived at Berlin 5 after the welcoming. The Opening Plenary is by Sijbold Noorda (on behalf of European Universitie Association) with the theme: “Open access – both easy and difficult”. (PMR: No comments from me). It’s a simple concept … Continue reading →

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Name that graph

Posted on September 19, 2007 by pm286

I took a snap poll of my colleagues. 2 knew it. One worked it out gradually. 2 did not know it. I think every human in education above the age of 10 should know it I am writing an article … Continue reading →

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US citizens: act!

Posted on September 18, 2007 by pm286

Essential action from Peter Suber’s blog: var imagebase=’file://C:/Program Files/FeedReader30/’; Note to US citizens The American Library Association has created an action alert to simplify the process of asking your Senators to support the strengthening of the NIH policy.  However, it … Continue reading →

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