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Has anything changed in three years?

Posted on July 16, 2007 by pm286

Last week I had a long conversation with a representative of UK local government with responsilibility for Brussels. They were interested in Open Access and I spent about an hour explaining it from the bottom up. It can take that … Continue reading →

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"Open Access" at libertas academica

Posted on July 15, 2007 by pm286

As I have mentioned a group of Blue Obelisk volunteers are surveying the practice of “open access” in chemistry. We’ve created a wiki and will be exposing the work as we do it – url follows when we have tidied … Continue reading →

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No more hamburgers!?

Posted on July 14, 2007 by pm286

From HUBLOG (who I think is Alf Eaton from Nature) we have: EPUB and Adobe Digital EditionsBill McCoy from Adobe came in to give us a talk yesterday, the main part of which was a demo of Adobe Digital Editions … Continue reading →

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Open Data genetics and Open Data astronomy

Posted on July 14, 2007 by pm286

The world is exploding with Open Data posts… From the Data Strategy blog: Open data astronomy I started writing this post on open data astronomy some time ago, and damn… I got scooped by Read/WriteWeb today with their article on … Continue reading →

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More "potential reproducibility"

Posted on July 14, 2007 by pm286

I’ve just blogged about a group (Open Data is critical for Reproducible Research) which is wanting to publish reproducible science. Quite by chance I then read  Bill Hooker reporting another effort to create reproducibility: Giving Open Notebook Science a Try … Continue reading →

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Open Data is critical for Reproducible Research

Posted on July 14, 2007 by pm286

I have been contacted by a group in Lausanne working in the audiovisual area who want to publish their work so it can be reproduced. Here’s their outline and links to protocols: Reproducible Research In our lab, we try to … Continue reading →

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Survey of "free to read" Chemistry in Wiley Publications

Posted on July 13, 2007 by pm286

The Blue Obelisk community is undertaking a survey of access to chemical Open Data through Open Access, Fuzzy Open Access, and closed Access publications. Today I looked at Wiley’s offering. (Note although Blackwell and Wiley are now one company I … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Journal Info

Posted on July 13, 2007 by pm286

I have just discovered Journal Info from the University of Lund which lists ca 18,000 journals. From the FAQ: Real Answers to real questions about Journal Info. What is the purpose of the service? The purpose is to provide an … Continue reading →

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US citizens: please lobby for House vote on OA mandate next Tuesday

Posted on July 13, 2007 by pm286

Peter Suber blogs: House vote on OA mandate next Tuesday  (Open Access News) Yesterday when I posted the good news that the House Appropriations Committee had approved an OA mandate for the NIH, I didn’t have the exact language of … Continue reading →

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Heather shows that Open Data increases Citations

Posted on July 13, 2007 by pm286

If your life is driven by citations, then Heather Piwowar has shown that data openly accessible in papers increases the citations. From her blog: Presentation on Citation Rate for Shared Data Piwowar HA, Day RS, Fridsma DB (2007) Sharing Detailed … Continue reading →

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