Author Archives: pm286

PRISM: Nature distances itself

Posted on September 11, 2007 by pm286

I have been concerned about the membership of PRISM and, specifically, UK and other European publishers who might be associated, perhaps incorrectly, with the initiative. I hadn’t got around to writing to Nature Publishing Group (who have been an enthusiastic … Continue reading →

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DBPedia2: major opportunity for semantic web (including chemistry)

Posted on September 11, 2007 by pm286

I have blogged about the exciting potential of DBPedia before ( dbchem” href=”http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/blogs//?p=316″>dbpedia – structured information from Wikipedia => dbchem). It is a semistructured RDF triple collection created automatically from Wikipedia. The really exciting thing is that huge numbers of … Continue reading →

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UK eScience All Hands 2007

Posted on September 11, 2007 by pm286

I’m at the UK eScience All Hands Meeting – the sixth – and I think I have been to all. The meeting is closely, but not completely, coupled to the UK’s pioneering investment in eScience (roughly equivalent US term is … Continue reading →

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statement: why I wrote to Cambridge UP and Oxford UP

Posted on September 11, 2007 by pm286

I received two emails today – independently – from press organizations / topical publications along the lines of “I am writing an article about AAP/PRISM and would like to know why you oppose it and wrote to CUP”. As I … Continue reading →

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Copyrighted Data: replies

Posted on September 10, 2007 by pm286

So far I have had replies from Antony Williams of Chemspider and Steve Bachrach. These are thoughtfull and I’ll comment here: Antony Williams Says: September 10th, 2007 at 3:50 am eI have commented in a recent blog post about your … Continue reading →

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Webcast: the power of the eThesis

Posted on September 9, 2007 by pm286

I am very grateful to Caltech, specially Eric van der Velde, for organising and recording my presentation on eTheses at Caltech last month. See The power of the Scientific eThesis, a combined audio, video and screenshow. Caltech have done a … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to the British Library: charges for Open Access and restricted dissemination of Out-of-copyright material

Posted on September 9, 2007 by pm286

An open letter to the British Library Board about lack of Open Access and restrictions on out-of-copyright works Dear Andy Stephens BSc (Head of Corporate Planning and Secretariat, The British Library) andy.stephens@bl.uk I am a chemist at the University of … Continue reading →

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The British Unlibrary

Posted on September 9, 2007 by pm286

I am now gobsmacked. Earlier I have recounted (OUP wants me to pay for my own Open Access article) how I was expected to pay for access to my [*] own Open Access paper both through the actual publisher and … Continue reading →

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Copyfraud

Posted on September 8, 2007 by pm286

I have just discovered (through Klaus Graf and Peter Suber) the word that I need to describe what Wiley, eMolecules and Ingenta are doing: COPYFRAUD Read the excellent paper Falsely claiming copyright to a work in the public-domainJason Mazzone, Copyfraud, … Continue reading →

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Blogoversary

Posted on September 8, 2007 by pm286

It is roughly 1 year since my (younger) colleagues persuaded me to start a blog and here are some thoughts while I am watching the footie… Has it been like I thought first post (Welcome!)? I’ll comment on each topic … Continue reading →

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