Monthly Archives: February 2014

I used to live on the edge of the Somerset levels and as boy cycle throughout them… see image from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA) I am including in full a post from an OKFN list [after these paragraphs] , inviting people to … Continue reading →

Richard Smith (http://blahah.net/about.html ) has posted a very brave piece about how to create a revolution to change the process of scholarly publishing. http://blahah.net/2014/02/11/knowledge-sets-us-free/. Before I start, I know Richard and when unembargoed will enthusiastically blog his ideas about a marketplace … Continue reading →

[Note I have switched laptops and this has caused delay – also I cannot yet do formatting]. Earlier this week I strongly criticised Nature News and Richard van Noorden (/pmr/2014/02/10/natures-recent-news-article-on-text-and-data-mining-was-an-unacceptable-marketing-exercise-i-ask-them-to-renounce-licensing/) for a post about Elsevier’s click-through licences. My concern was … Continue reading →

[See Update 2014-02-10 at end] I have sent the following letter to Philip Campbell, Editor of Nature: Dear Philip, I am writing to you to protest against your biased reporting of Text And Data Mining in Nature News (part of … Continue reading →

I am systematically going through Elsevier’s terms and conditions for content mining (TDM) see /pmr/2014/02/06/elseviers-tdm-terms-tac-can-they-force-us-to-copyright-data-2/ and previous. In this I look at what I must sign up for. The term “Dataset” appears to refer to Elsevier’s collection of papers (probably … Continue reading →

I am continuing with my analysis of Elsevier’s terms and Conditions that researchers must use to carry out content-mining. The first post urged you to stop and think /pmr/2014/02/06/content-mining-elseviers-tdm-why-researchers-and-libraries-should-think-very-carefully-and-then-not-sign-1/ (I hope you haven’t already signed). This post suggest that what … Continue reading →

Elsevier have posted their terms and conditions for content-mining (TDM). See http://www.developers.elsevier.com/cms/content/text-and-data-mining-service-agreement (I think you can only see the agreement if your institution subscribes). I don’t know whether I am allowed to post the TaC without permission but I am … Continue reading →

I am an active advocate for #openaccess and #opendata. I was recently asked on Twitter “how many closed access publications have you authored?” and I replied “none in the last five years.” I was then challenged about one recent paper … Continue reading →

Elsevier has replied to my last blog post on their Content Mining (TDM) facility and regulations. I am going to critique these – mainly for the benefit of Universities and policy makers/funders who might think it is a step forward. … Continue reading →