Monthly Archives: October 2011

As I have blogged (/pmr/2011/10/04/a-fairy-story-for-the-serpentine-gallery-garden-marathon/ ) I am making a short presentation at the Serpentine Marathon next Sunday. I deliberately kept the details quiet, but now I can reveal that it is part of a session on “Walled Gardens”, run … Continue reading →

I’ve tried to access a publication outside the Cambridge university domain (i.e. pretending I am a Scholarly Poor. Here’s the screenshot In case you can’t read it, the text includes: Options for accessing this content: If you have access to … Continue reading →

Today’s focus on the harm done by closed scholarly publications is on patient groups – societies and communities of people affected by disease or working (usually voluntarily) on behalf of those. First let me dispose of one pernicious opinion which … Continue reading →

I am sure we all moan about governments and how difficult it is to find information and how they are filled with Sir Humphreys who want to fudge everything. But there’s a real spirirt of making public government data OPEN. … Continue reading →

In my (currently daily) review of the scholarly poor I am highlighting groups of people who have an important role in the world who need but do not have access to the scientific technical medical literature (STM). So far I … Continue reading →

I’ve had two comments / tweets recently that have expanded my horizons: Todd Vision says: October 6, 2011 at 8:59 am  I’d be curious to hear from those who have used services like Deep Dyve (http://www.deepdyve.com/) whether their model somewhat … Continue reading →

This is the second in a series of posts about the “Scholarly Poor” – people and organizations who need the scientific literature but who are disenfranchised through punitive pricing and grotesque restrictions. In the last post I highlighted that your … Continue reading →

I shall post occasionally on the concept of the “Scholarly Poor” – people who need to read the scholarly literature and who can’t. “Can’t” == cannot afford the extortionate PayPerView (PPV) fees demanded by all publishers (all == all I … Continue reading →

I met a scientist today – I shall not reveal details. S/he was from a company, working abroad but visiting Cambridge. For technical reasons she was not able to access her company scientific information service and so was reliant on … Continue reading →

I got the following today from F1000 – a company that I know reasonably well and get on fine with those people I have met including Vitek Tracz for whom I have a very high regard. But I am not … Continue reading →