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I’ve had two comments / tweets recently that have expanded my horizons: Todd Vision says: October 6, 2011 at 8:59 am  I’d be curious to hear from those who have used services like Deep Dyve (http://www.deepdyve.com/) whether their model somewhat … Continue reading →

This is the second in a series of posts about the “Scholarly Poor” – people and organizations who need the scientific literature but who are disenfranchised through punitive pricing and grotesque restrictions. In the last post I highlighted that your … Continue reading →

I shall post occasionally on the concept of the “Scholarly Poor” – people who need to read the scholarly literature and who can’t. “Can’t” == cannot afford the extortionate PayPerView (PPV) fees demanded by all publishers (all == all I … Continue reading →

I met a scientist today – I shall not reveal details. S/he was from a company, working abroad but visiting Cambridge. For technical reasons she was not able to access her company scientific information service and so was reliant on … Continue reading →

I got the following today from F1000 – a company that I know reasonably well and get on fine with those people I have met including Vitek Tracz for whom I have a very high regard. But I am not … Continue reading →

By a series of happenstances (which I might explain later) I’ve been asked to do a short presentation at a prestigious event – Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon (http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2011/08/garden_marathon.html ) Garden Marathon Saturday and Sunday 15-16 October 2011 Saturday 15 October … Continue reading →

I have recently received two FoI replies, one which I think illustrates the best of the system (Oxford University, my alma mater) and one that doesn’t (University of Cambridge, my current home). To start with the Cambridge one. I requested … Continue reading →

The Green model of Open Access is for authors to publish conventionally (in closed access journals) but to post copies of their articles on the web, freely visible to all. Often it is assumed that this will be in Institutional … Continue reading →

In my last post I reviewed a paper in Nature and gave a précis for the “scholarly poor” the internet citizens who are not employed by rich universities. (Universities have an arrogant attitude that access to the literature only matters … Continue reading →

In this week’s Nature (not sure whether the scholarly poor have to pay for this so I précis a bit) there’s a useful review More time for research: Fund people not projects John P. A. Ioannidis Nature 477, 529–531 (29 … Continue reading →