Category Archives: open issues

Blogging in science and mathematics

Posted on July 1, 2007 by pm286

In a splendid post – reproduced in full (indented) – Kyle Finchsigmate highlights the difference between chemistry and other sciences. WTF is up with the Science blogosphere? 15:11 30/06/2007, Kyle Finchsigmate, sciency politics, The Chem Blog I [i.e. KF] was … Continue reading →

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Collaborative Organic Synthesis (a subversive proposal)

Posted on June 30, 2007 by pm286

Every months we get several new chemistry blogs – I don’t have time to do more than glance at them but I was struck by a newcomer, TotallyRetrosynthetic. (TotallyFoo is a metasyntactic linguistic style sparked off by TotallySynthetic.) Retrosynthesis is … Continue reading →

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HHMI – green or gold? And the data?

Posted on June 27, 2007 by pm286

Peter Suber has highlighted a new policy by HHMI and given a careful critique of what “Open” may or may not mean. It’s a good illustration of the fuzzy language that is often used to describe “Open”.  See: HHMI mandates … Continue reading →

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Author Choice in Chemistry at ACS – and elsewhere?

Posted on June 23, 2007 by pm286

A number of closed access journals/publishers have brought out “Author Choice” and similar approaches where authors pay publishers for “open access”. The details probably varies from publisher to publisher and I have been idly looking for examples in chemistry. It … Continue reading →

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The power of the scientific eThesis

Posted on June 15, 2007 by pm286

This is the summary of a presentation I am giving tomorrow at ETD2007 (run by Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. I’m blogging this as the simplest way of (a) reminding me what I am going to say and … Continue reading →

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"open access" – some central questions

Posted on June 12, 2007 by pm286

I am grateful for the recent correspondence from Peter Suber and Stevan Harnad as it helps me get my thoughts in order for ETD2007. In response to Stevan: Open Access: What Comes With the Territory, Peter has analysed the central … Continue reading →

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Stevan Harnad on "open access"

Posted on June 12, 2007 by pm286

Stevan Harnad – a tireless evangelist of OA – has replied to my points. He has been consistent in arguing the logic below and I agree with the logic. The problem is that few people believe that this allows us … Continue reading →

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More on "open access"

Posted on June 12, 2007 by pm286

I recently posted my concern about the use of “open access” as phrase which is sufficently broad to be confusing and Peter Suber has created a thoughtful and useful reply. I agree in detail with all his analysis and any … Continue reading →

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More Open Thesis heroes

Posted on June 11, 2007 by pm286

I have continued to try to find full OpenAccess theses and encountered considerable difficulty. The main problem is that universities and their repositories do not help readers to find theses with OpenAccess licenses and in many cases they do not … Continue reading →

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Free Culture and Open Theses

Posted on June 10, 2007 by pm286

As you know I am looking for real Open Access theses (not fuzzy open). Where have I found the most so far? Not in any of the highly supported repositories but in Harvard College Thesis Repository part of Harvard College … Continue reading →

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