I’ve upgraded this blog to the latest version of WordPress per my previous post. It didn’t solve the problem of “hidden” comments (when not logged in), so I’m switching the theme. I’ll be playing around with themes and plugins, so apologies in advance if anything breaks or goes missing; please let me know about any [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
Liveblog, ex post facto: Science and human rights
I attended the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition launch event Jan. 14-16 in Washington, D.C.. I was able to take some notes, but not get online to post them at the time; I haven’t gotten around to posting them, until now. Standard liveblogging disclaimers apply. My comments are in brackets.
I was mostly there for [...]
Sussing out the details on locus of deposit
My previous post on locus of deposit for scholarly self-archiving provoked a few reactions, as I thought it might. Stevan Harnad’s is the most thorough and notable. I think we each missed a few points.
Let me make a few statements, just to get them out of the way:
Every research funder should mandate OA to the [...]
Hang on, change is coming
Thanks to my readers who’ve emailed to alert me to the problem with displaying comments on the site. It’s not intentional, and I was aware of it. I’m not certain what the problem is, though I figure it’s due either to using an outdated version of WordPress or to the theme I’m using. I plan [...]
Authors: I don’t care where you deposit, just do it
One of the ongoing debates in open access regards the locus of deposit for self-archiving. That is: if researchers are posting a copy of their manuscript to be freely accessible online, where should they post it? The debate is usually between institutional repositories — i.e., that authors should post their manuscripts on the Web site [...]
1 year @ Open Access News
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my work for Open Access News.
