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Congratulations to RSC and Chemspider

Posted on May 14, 2009 by pm286

I was delighted to hear from colleagues at the Royal Society of Chemistry that they have acquired Antony Williams Chemspider. I had the chance to have a long talk with Antony two weeks ago at BioIT and we discussed possible … Continue reading →

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Stop the blacklist of UK scientists

Posted on May 13, 2009 by pm286

I recently blogged about the UK’s Eng and Phys. Sci Res. Council (EPSRC)’ s retrograde policy to blacklist any scientist who had three grants rejected. There is now a petition – ON THE PRIMEMINISTERS SITE – allowing scientists to petition … Continue reading →

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Windows 7, ICE and "Program Files"

Posted on May 11, 2009 by pm286

<!– @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } A:link { so-language: zxx } –> I’ve just upgraded to Windows 7 (beta, I think). I’m trying to post this with ICE/OO which currently throws an error message that … Continue reading →

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Trust in scientific publishing

Posted on May 9, 2009 by pm286

[Please excuse formatting – reinstalling ICE soon] Two stories have coincided – both relate to the role of trust in scientific publishing. The first is when I was rung by Emma Marris, reporting for Nature, last week and asked what … Continue reading →

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British Library document on copyright

Posted on May 9, 2009 by pm286

From Ben White of the BL (who sought views from me and others to go into the document). There is a lot positive in this and I really hope the Government takes the recommendations seriously in revising the law. [BTW … Continue reading →

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British Library urges new approaches to copyright

Posted on May 7, 2009 by pm286

The British Library has a formal role in advising Government and solicited views (including mine) on the aspects of copyright in relation to research and scholarship. Here’s some of their conclusions which hopefully the Government will take on board and … Continue reading →

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CML provides semantic chemistry

Posted on May 7, 2009 by pm286

[I have had to change machines temporarily so this post not ICE-enabled] Henry Rzepa has commented on CML/Chem4Word: Henry Rzepa says: May 7, 2009 at 8:39 am (Edit) The progress with Chem4Word is hugely impressive and important. But I would … Continue reading →

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The European Net – have we won a victory?

Posted on May 6, 2009 by pm286

The European Net – have we won a victory? Continue reading →

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Green and Gold Open Access in Yorkshire

Posted on May 6, 2009 by pm286

Green and Gold Open Access in Yorkshire Continue reading →

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Mandate Theses in HTML

Posted on May 6, 2009 by pm286

Mandate Theses in HTML Continue reading →

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