I’ve uploaded the slides from my recent presentations in Wisconsin and Minnesota; they’re here.
Posts from ‘April, 2008’
CopyNight Orlando, April 22
The February meeting of CopyNight Orlando will be Tuesday, April 22 (Earth Day!) at 7 pm at Stardust Video & Coffee (1842 E. Winter Park Rd., Orlando). This month is an open topic: whatever participants want to discuss. Learn more at copynight.org or my CopyNight page. Hope to see you there!
Passenger rail for Florida
The United Rail Passenger Alliance recently posted an extensive and thought-provoking analysis and recommendations for regional passenger rail in Florida.
Florida is currently served by two long-distance Amtrak routes, with daily service in each direction: the Silver Meteor and the Silver Star. Both routes have New York City as their northernmost terminus, to Miami in the [...]
The brilliance of Flickr Commons and the public domain
Flickr’s The Commons is a really clever initiative.
Flickr gets high-value historical content (the kind of stuff that drives the long tail) and some nice publicity. The collections get to bring their content to many new users in a new way. Beyond access, the collections can also accrue tags, comments, and geo-tags, potentially adding a layer [...]
Upcoming presentations in WI, MN
I’m presenting on open access for students at these upcoming events:
Saturday, April 12, 2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisc.
3 – 6 pm
Memorial Union (TITU)
Announcement
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Macalester College
St. Paul, Minn.
noon – 1 pm
Harmon Room, Library
RSVP requested: Terri Fishel, x6343 or fishel@macalester.edu
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Carleton College
Northfield, Minn.
5 to 6:30 pm
Sayles-Hill 251
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minn.
7 to [...]
World Health Day + NIH Implementation Day
Coincidence?
NIH Implementation Day: April 7
World Health Day: April 7
To health!
Aborting OA: government interference in science
Sarah Lai Stirland reports on Wired’s Threat Level blog that a bibliographic database run by Johns Hopkins University has blocked all searches related to abortion — because the project receives funding from a U.S. federal agency which prohibits grantees from promoting the practice.
In a sense, this tension between scientific independence and state power (especially [...]
Freelancers Union membership drive
Freelancers Union (of which I am a member) is launching a membership drive.
Freelancers Union is, as you might expect, a different sort of union: for starters, it’s a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, rather than the 501(c)(5) status typically used by labor unions. Because it’s a union for independent workers (consultants, freelancers, contractors, temps, etc.), it doesn’t [...]
