Category Archives: open issues

OUP wants me to pay for my own Open Access article

Posted on September 3, 2007 by pm286

I have been dismayed (previous post: “Open Access”) at the lack of commitment to OA by mainstream (primarily toll-access (TA)) publishers and have described this as a “systemic failure” of the industry. Here is another unacceptable lack of clarity and … Continue reading →

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"Open Access" reported in Information World Review

Posted on September 3, 2007 by pm286

Tracey Caldwell of Information World Review has reported on the discussion in this blog  about  (hybrid) Open Access as  follows: Scientific data should be freely available for re-use and OA policies need clarity […] Peter Murray-Rust has blasted publishers for … Continue reading →

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PRISM: Open Letter to Oxford University Press

Posted on September 2, 2007 by pm286

Open Letter to Henry Reece, Chief Executive Oxford University Press Dear Henry Reece, I am writing as an individual member of Oxford University (MA, DPhil) and also as an author of Open Access articles in OUP journals. I am heavily … Continue reading →

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PRISM: Open Letter to Cambridge University Press

Posted on September 1, 2007 by pm286

I have sent the following letter to the Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press requesting factual information about the involvement of CUP in PRISM, and have asked that I can publish the reply on this blog Open Letter to Stephen … Continue reading →

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PRISM: should I worry?

Posted on August 31, 2007 by pm286

The last week has seen a spate of immediate reaction to the newly formed PRISM – the (American?) publishers’ lobby to destroy non-commercial open access.  There is so much (germane) comment that there is no need for me to duplicate … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : Open Access to Research Data: surmountable challenges

Posted on August 30, 2007 by pm286

This is the abstract I have submiitted for the Berlin-5 meeting : “Berlin 5 Open Access: From Practice to Impact: Consequences of Knowledge Dissemination” Open Access to Research Data: surmountable challenges Many scientists and organisations have recognised the power and … Continue reading →

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Emotion and logic and PRISM

Posted on August 24, 2007 by pm286

I’ve taken a week off blogging to write code and woken up to find I have nearly missed PRISM. PRISM is a publishers’ alliance which appears to be solely devoted to protecting twentieth century business methods by whatever process is … Continue reading →

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scifoo: Cameron Neylon on Open Notebook Science

Posted on August 24, 2007 by pm286

More on Open Science from Jean-Claude Bradley. It’s sad to see how paper-driven we have become. It’s critical to publish, but I continually sense there is an increasing pressure of “I need a paper – what’s the most cost-effective way … Continue reading →

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scifoo: the mindless impact factory

Posted on August 24, 2007 by pm286

More scifoo follow up from Richard Akerman. No comment from me needed. I’m leaving the second life picture because … open science and the impact factory Jean-Claude Bradley instigated a session in Second Life – SciFoo Lives On: Open Science. … Continue reading →

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berlin5: Berlin 5 Open Access

Posted on August 24, 2007 by pm286

I am delighted to have been asked to present on the topic of Open Data at “Berlin -5”. The University of Padua, the CRUI (Council of Rectors of Italian Universities) and the Max Planck Gesellschaft are pleased to announce that … Continue reading →

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