Monthly Archives: September 2007

I posted recently (Copyright madness – story 2) about a colleague who wished to access an EIGHTY-FIVE YEAR OLD scientific paper (in the transactions of the Transylvanian Haematological Society) and had bizarre restrictions put in her way. Now she wishes … Continue reading →

Gavin Baker posts a long discussion of the complexity of licences related to the WHO Bulletin. The gist of this is that complexity is hindering necessary things like (human language) translation and re-use. In similar vein one important WHO publication … Continue reading →

Yesterday I got a comment: “smile, you’re on slashdot”, and thought relatively little about it. Slashdot (WP) or /. is essentially the first major community discussion site – it predates blogs and although some of its functionality is duplicated by … Continue reading →

When I snipped the screenshot of the last post ( Ingenta: It gets even worse; corrupt and resell ) I missed a tiny detail. In such small print it really doesn’t matter, does it: the only problem – it’s MY … Continue reading →

In reply to my post on OUP’s failure to remove the Rightslink page Josh has pointed out something even worse. I am so mad that I have to breathe deeply. This is an industry which trumpets its integrity and quality. … Continue reading →

I don’t normally copy comments to posts, but a few of these are important are important: 8 Responses to “OUP wants me to pay for my own Open Access article” Kirsty Luff Says: September 4th, 2007 at 4:34 pm eDear … Continue reading →

Because Glyn Moody commented on my blog I visited his and found another concern about Open Data: Monday, September 3, 2007 Should “open source” include open data? [From Matt Asay .. general manager of the Americas and vice president of … Continue reading →

Alma Swan is one of the most insightful scholar/researcher/facilitator/commentators in the scholarly communication arena and I am delighted to be collaborating with her (on an Open Data project). Her writing is always careful and attractive to read. I’d tried to … Continue reading →

I have spent a splendid week in Scotland to celebrate 40 years of the University of Stirling where I was one of the first staff. Before the celebrations we spent 4 days in the mountains in which there is now … Continue reading →