Access better than Ownership?
Kevin Kelly is one of the writers I love to read as he has an interesting vision of the dematerializing future. It's already happened where I work - before I started here, our revenue came essentially...
View ArticleH.R. 801 - the Lessig-Conyers fight around Open Access
The last few days have seen a bit of open warfare on the "open access" frontlines, surrounding a bill currently being reviewed in the house, H.R. 801, the "Fair Copyright in Research Works Act", which...
View ArticleLead Guest Editor of a Special Issue!!!
I thought I ought to share a recent incoming email with the world... I know this is a widespread problem, but the coincidence of this appearing just as I was thinking about Gerlich, Tscheuschner and...
View ArticleDubious physics articles cast doubt on new publishers...
In my last couple of posts I've been sharing some observations on the state of science communication these days, particularly problems with predatory publishers, overzealous publicity for ambiguous...
View ArticleThe Pace Layers of Scholarly Publishing
I've been working on a post roughly on this topic for a while, and it's been getting long and meandering - so I've split it up. I'm expecting the following to be part one of several.Scholarly...
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