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I have been non-systematically looking at “open access” from major publishers, mainly initiated from their marketing with the #openaccess tag on Twitter. {I have a serious criticism of University libraries that they are not monitoring #openaccess compliance and that it’s … Continue reading →

Shortly after blogging about Crowdcrafting (/pmr/2013/08/09/crowdsourcing-at-crowdcrafting-were-doing-antimatter-research-2/ ) there’s a new application , just to show you the variety. See http://crowdcrafting.org/app/RuralGeolocator/ : Rural Geolocator is an application for geo-referencing houses on satellite images. The current batch of tasks is focused on … Continue reading →

There’s a hashtag #openaccess which I follow. It started by marking useful comments and resources in “open access” but is increasingly being used by (mainly commercial legacy) publishers to promote their offerings in this area. Nothing wrong with that, though … Continue reading →

Roderic Page @rdmpage tweets: Why the outrage at people repackaging #oa papers and charging for them? : http://evoldir.tumblr.com/post/58035947020/other-unanticipated-reuse-of-open-access-papers Don’t like it? Do it better and cheaper! I fully agree with him and analyse in more detail: The original post included: Dear … Continue reading →

[Test] Yesterday was the annual puntcon and about 30 people, geeks and non-geeks turned up. It’s always exciting to meet new people in Cambridge. There’s so much going on that we miss most of it. One of my acquaintances is … Continue reading →

I got the following advertising tweet today: Elsevier Energy @EnergyJournals Read recent papers published Open Access in Elsevier Energy journals ow.ly/nMNAe #OpenAccess #OA #energy   I follow the hashtag #openaccess and now many publishers are using this to promote their open … Continue reading →

The “non-commercial” licence CC-BY-NC option for “open access” is often promoted (e.g. by Heather Morrison) as a means to restrict inappropriate use of the article. It is suggested that NC will prevent pharmaceutical companies from using the information in the … Continue reading →

[Wordpress is playing up so some images may be missing] I am a strong believer in Crowdcrafting (volunteer “crowdsourcing” ay http://crowdcrafting.org): CrowdCrafting is a free, open-source crowd-sourcing and micro-tasking platform powered by the PyBossa software. This platform enables people to … Continue reading →

On Tuesday I went to an OKFN data evening in London (5 min from Kings Cross, so easy). They are occasions to meet new people and new ideas. On Tuesday we heard from David Carroll and Joseph McArthur medical/pharmacology undergraduates … Continue reading →

[Readable by non-chemists]. Chembark is a well-known and highly respected chemical blogger. He and others keep the community on its toes in many ways, but often in revealing sloppy or even fraudulent practices. His latest post reveals unacceptable practice in … Continue reading →