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berlin5 : Monetizing informatics – a fantasy

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

I want to float an idea tomorrow – I don’t know whether it’s mad, but at least if we float it in the blogosphere I’ll find out if others have similar thoughts. In essence we need a method of rewarding … Continue reading →

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statement: why I wrote to Cambridge UP and Oxford UP

Posted on September 11, 2007 by pm286

I received two emails today – independently – from press organizations / topical publications along the lines of “I am writing an article about AAP/PRISM and would like to know why you oppose it and wrote to CUP”. As I … Continue reading →

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Blogoversary

Posted on September 8, 2007 by pm286

It is roughly 1 year since my (younger) colleagues persuaded me to start a blog and here are some thoughts while I am watching the footie… Has it been like I thought first post (Welcome!)? I’ll comment on each topic … Continue reading →

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Grass roots action on exposing publisher blocks to OA

Posted on September 6, 2007 by pm286

I have had an excellent response from Alethea to my stories of publishers putting up toll or permission barriers to OA articles: Alethea Says: September 6th, 2007 at 8:05 am eI’m pretty certain that OA-labeled articles in PNAS are publicly … 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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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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touchgraph for this blog

Posted on August 13, 2007 by pm286

Having mentioned touchgraph Egon has already gone and got it running. Touchgraphing my blog Via SciFoo Planet (from Partial immortalization)I learned about TouchGraph Google (Peter brought it into Chemical blogspace). It’s cool, though not open source. Here’s the touch graph … Continue reading →

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digitizing theses

Posted on August 9, 2007 by pm286

During my recent visit to Caltech I was able to see some of the digitization of theses. Caltech has an impressive program of putting its theses on line, but of course many of these are not “born digital” and require … Continue reading →

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International harvesting of OA ETD repositories

Posted on August 4, 2007 by pm286

From Peter Suber’s blog: International harvesting of OA ETD repositories Leading the way with a European e-Theses demonstrator project, a press release from the Dutch SURF Foundation, July 31, 2007. Excerpt: The organisations JISC (UK), the National Library of Sweden … Continue reading →

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Sparkies

Posted on July 26, 2007 by pm286

SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is a major force in liberating information. Here is one of its ways – a prize for video-aware students. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2007 Contact: Jennifer McLennan (202) 296-2296 x 121 … Continue reading →

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