Monthly Archives: October 2011

A fairy story for the Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon

By a series of happenstances (which I might explain later) I’ve been asked to do a short presentation at a prestigious event – Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon (http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2011/08/garden_marathon.html ) Garden Marathon Saturday and Sunday 15-16 October 2011 Saturday 15 October … Continue reading

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Pay per view pricing for (OUP) journals; and thoughts on FoI

I have recently received two FoI replies, one which I think illustrates the best of the system (Oxford University, my alma mater) and one that doesn’t (University of Cambridge, my current home). To start with the Cambridge one. I requested … Continue reading

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Ben Goldacre asks: Can Green Open Access work for Science? My answer, no.

The Green model of Open Access is for authors to publish conventionally (in closed access journals) but to post copies of their articles on the web, freely visible to all. Often it is assumed that this will be in Institutional … Continue reading

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