Monthly Archives: September 2007

From BoraZ: Blogs are Weapons Sunlight is the best disinfectant. And many bloggers’ eyes and typing fingers bring a lot of sunlight to whatever anyone is trying hide. This makes bloggers dangerous to many entrenched and powerful interests. Not that … Continue reading →

I have been dismayed (previous post: “Open Access”) at the lack of commitment to OA by mainstream (primarily toll-access (TA)) publishers and have described this as a “systemic failure” of the industry. Here is another unacceptable lack of clarity and … Continue reading →

Tracey Caldwell of Information World Review has reported on the discussion in this blog  about  (hybrid) Open Access as  follows: Scientific data should be freely available for re-use and OA policies need clarity […] Peter Murray-Rust has blasted publishers for … Continue reading →

Open Letter to Henry Reece, Chief Executive Oxford University Press Dear Henry Reece, I am writing as an individual member of Oxford University (MA, DPhil) and also as an author of Open Access articles in OUP journals. I am heavily … Continue reading →

I have sent the following letter to the Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press requesting factual information about the involvement of CUP in PRISM, and have asked that I can publish the reply on this blog Open Letter to Stephen … Continue reading →