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berlin5 : what did I say?

Posted on September 21, 2007 by pm286

I am very grateful to Berlin5 and the ESF (European Science Foundation) for inviting me to speak on “Open Data”. In giving talks like this I don’t prepare a linear set of Powerpoint (which I despise technically and philosophically) but … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : Ilaria Capua's bravery

Posted on September 21, 2007 by pm286

A stunning presentation from Ilaria Capua on the necessity of releasing sequence information relating to avian flu. There’s lot’s ocoverage on the web – here’s one and a snippet: After Capua took over, IZSVe became Italy’s reference lab for bird … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : how to progress Open Data?

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

I’m putting together some ideas for my talk tomorrow – probably about 25-30 minutes. It’s sometimes useful to set them out in the blog beforehand so I can refer to it as well as the slides. The audience is roughly: … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : The laws of robotics; request for drafting

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

I have been asked about what we need for robotic access to publishers’ sites. Several publishers are starting to allow robotic access to their Open material. (Of course the full BBB declarations logically require this, but in practice many publishers … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : Chris Armbruster; green ==> gold

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

Chris argues that we must move rapidly to Gold OA (full OA) rather than Green (self-archiving). The community increasingly requires archival of the final version (e.g. for RAE). Why should OA publishers (like BMC) mimic conventional ones like Elsevier and … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : SCOAP

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

Salvatore Mele (CERN) on SCOAP (the new CERN OA publishing model). HEP (high energy physics) is decades ahead in OA thinking has been circualting preprints for 40 years arXiv 1991 first peer-reviewed electronic journals small community 20,000 and journals are … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : Monetizing informatics – a fantasy

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

I want to float an idea tomorrow – I don’t know whether it’s mad, but at least if we float it in the blogosphere I’ll find out if others have similar thoughts. In essence we need a method of rewarding … Continue reading →

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berlin 5: plenary 1

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

Random snippets: Fred Friend (original Berlin-1 signatory), now JISC and honorary Univ. College London… Need to go to GOLD OA asap. JISC will not massively fund this in the future (it has done quite a lot so far) but will … Continue reading →

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berlin 5: Open Data: What am I going to say?

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

I’m talking tomorrow on “Open Data” at the Berlin 5 conference on Open Access. (see this WP page for most of the terminology) This is the fifth annual meeting in the series – the first signed the actual declaration (Berlin … Continue reading →

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Robert Terry leaving Wellcome

Posted on September 19, 2007 by pm286

It was announced that Robert Terry will be leaving Wellcome, and I quote from a private letter (I am sure that’s OK). I will be leaving the Trust on 21st September to take up a position as Project Director to … Continue reading →

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