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Moderatorial

Posted on July 18, 2007 by pm286

Occasionally I write a “moderatorial” – a commentary on any list or blog I am running. When I started this blog I had no idea where it would go – programming, puzzles, diversions. Over the last two-three months it seems … Continue reading →

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Apology to Maxine Clarke and Nature

Posted on July 17, 2007 by pm286

I have been over-brusque and apologize to Maxine Clarke who has pointed out: I understand from your post above that you feel my response listing open publications and products is too fuzzy and does not match with what you have … Continue reading →

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Travels of the Blue Obelisk Greasemonkey

Posted on July 17, 2007 by pm286

While researching about Open Access I visited the TOC for Nature’s MSB. (In passing, none of the articles are flagged in the TOC as Open Access, though they all actually carry a CC-licence and the journal masthead announces that this … Continue reading →

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"open access products" at Nature obscures the debate

Posted on July 17, 2007 by pm286

In a recent post Why Open Access metrics are necessary – July 16th, 2007 I quoted Paul Wilks (Is Publisher-lead “open access” a swindle?) where he detailed how the the obscurity of language and procedures in closed access publishing could … Continue reading →

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Can Open Data be manipulated?

Posted on July 17, 2007 by pm286

Chrsi Rusbridge – who runs the Digital Curation Centre – has raised the question of whether making data Open increases the risk of fraudulent manipulation of content: Open Data… Open Season? Peter Murray Rust is an enthusiastic advocate of Open … Continue reading →

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Open Access at Copernicus

Posted on July 16, 2007 by pm286

In further travels I have come across Copernicus GmbH, “A Spin-Off of the Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie und Sonnensystemforschung”. This is listed in DOAJ and publishes Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (which is of interest to me as I have a colleague … Continue reading →

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Open Access publishing at Nature

Posted on July 16, 2007 by pm286

In these posts I am trying to be as objective as possible in that I am investigating the provision of Open Access, “open access” and the consistency of a publisher. I am not being systematic as I have been sticking … Continue reading →

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Corrigendum to earlier post on access to Blackwells/IUCr

Posted on July 16, 2007 by pm286

Peter Strickland from the International Union of Crystallography (with whom we work closely) has explained the problem with the confusion between “BUY” and “open access” labels on IUCr content. [Post in full:] Name: Peter Strickland | URI: http://journals.iucr.org | IP: … Continue reading →

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Why US citizens need to lobby the House

Posted on July 16, 2007 by pm286

I am not a US citizen so cannot influence any representative about the NIH bill (see my post US citizens: please lobby for House vote on OA mandate next Tuesday). But in case you think this doesn’t matter, here’s the … Continue reading →

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Why Open Access metrics are necessary

Posted on July 16, 2007 by pm286

My recent activity into Open Access practice is motivated by making sure that things are done properly rather than a desire to bash publishers or campaign against lower prices. I’m not an expert here – I don’t know what the … Continue reading →

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