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Category Archives: Academia
Preservation for scholarly blogs
I’ve wondered about preservation for new modes of scholarly communication and ephemera, e.g. scholarly blogs, mailing lists, etc. Others have suggested it recently as well. A cursory Googling finds a few others mulling the question, but not (at first glance) … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Digital preservation, Libraries, Science
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Why haven’t more research funders and institutions adopted self-archiving mandates? (Or: “Build it first, open it later”)
Recently, I came across this quote from Rep. Mike Honda: Instead of databases becoming available as a result of Freedom Of Information Act requests, government officials should be required to justify why any public data should not be freely available … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Open access
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Why not publish data?
I try to avoid writing things that may make me sound stupid, but this post falls in that category. Recently I was reading about efforts related to data sharing: technological infrastructure, curation, educating researchers, and the like. I was struck … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Open access, Science
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On jurisdiction; or, letting copyright trump science
Rep. John Conyers has released his response to the widely-circulated open letter by Lawrence Lessig and Michael Eisen criticizing Conyers’ anti-open access bill, H.R. 801. Eisen, Steven Harnad, and Peter Suber have already responded ably to Conyers’ response. There’s one … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Copyright, Creative Commons, Education, Open access, Politics, Publishing, Science
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Free speech, Open access, Science
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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 … Continue reading
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Liveblog: TACD IP: Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge
The next panel is on Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge. First is Anne-Catherine Lorrain of Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue. Interoperability should be a public principle. ISP liability: Pressure for filtering solutions (consumer surveillance). Government procurement should require open standards. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Copyright, Education, Open education, Open formats, Publishing
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Opening research proposals; thoughts on virtual collaboration
I recently had my first experience with the research proposal process, or something similar. It was an interesting experience, and it suggests some important implications. The proposal was in response to a call issued by the UK Research Information Network. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Open access, Science
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