Monthly Archives: September 2007

Grass roots action on exposing publisher blocks to OA

Posted on September 6, 2007 by pm286

I have had an excellent response from Alethea to my stories of publishers putting up toll or permission barriers to OA articles: Alethea Says: September 6th, 2007 at 8:05 am eI’m pretty certain that OA-labeled articles in PNAS are publicly … Continue reading →

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ARL on PRISM and suggestions for action

Posted on September 6, 2007 by pm286

Peter Suber has blogged Association of Research Libraries on PRISM. The actual document (AAP PR Campaign against Open Access and Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Update re the PRISM Coalition) is relatively small and worth looking at. My immediate … Continue reading →

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Wiley and eMolecules: Unacceptable

Posted on September 6, 2007 by pm286

Today I received the following unsolicted eMail from Klaus Gubernator of eMolecules and Wiley, which I regard as unacceptable, both morally and legally. At one stage I was investigating a collaboration with eMolecules – now I shall not go near … Continue reading →

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Thank you again OUP – other publishers take note

Posted on September 5, 2007 by pm286

I am delighted to report that OUP has responded rapidly to my concern about charging for Author-pays Open Access papers which are intended to be free to read and free to re-use non-commercially for all: Kirsty Luff Says: September 5th, … Continue reading →

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ACS: The Author-pays AND Reader-pays model

Posted on September 5, 2007 by pm286

Two months ago I reviewed the hybrid offerings for “openness” from major publishers. In Author Choice in Chemistry at ACS – and elsewhere? I reviewed the ACS’s policy and found that they gave the paying author a very poor product. … Continue reading →

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Hybrid OA: Author Choice at ACS

Posted on September 5, 2007 by pm286

Steve Bachrach has been a long-time supporter of new approaches in scientific publishing. He started the Internet Journal of Chemistry (which sadly failed to gain traction – ahead of its time). Here he comments on the ACS’s hybrid OA scheme. … Continue reading →

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Thank you OUP for not supporting PRISM

Posted on September 5, 2007 by pm286

I am delighted to report the reply from Martin Richardson of OUP about PRISM: Martin Richardson Says: September 5th, 2007 at 3:41 pm eDear Professor Murray-RustIn your recent ‘Open Letter to Oxford University Press’, dated 2nd September 2007, you request … Continue reading →

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Ingenta: more comment

Posted on September 5, 2007 by pm286

Aidan Karley has supplied the following pricing in a comment on the Ingenta issue (I have had to reformat and hope I have caught the drift): Aidan Karley Says: September 5th, 2007 at 12:58 pm eConcerning the Ingenta re-selling, their … Continue reading →

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Bioclipse 2 – take it seriously

Posted on September 5, 2007 by pm286

From Ola Spjuth: Hi all Bioclipse developers, Bioclipse has outgrown its original design. We have therefore decided to start the design of Bioclipse2, which will be a complete rewrite of the core API and extension points to overcome the many … Continue reading →

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Copyright paralysis from the British Library – update

Posted on September 5, 2007 by pm286

Further to my last post on the bizarre copyright restrictions imposed by the BL, my correspondent writes: [from her message yesterday] I will in fact go and try to collect it [today]. I will refuse to sign the copyright, asking … Continue reading →

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