Category Archives: Free speech

Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrating women in technology

Posted on 24 March 2009 by Gavin Baker

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day to call attention to the achievements of women in technology. Despite its stereotype as a field dominated by men, women have made significant contributions to the field of computing since its inception, back … Continue reading →

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Sussing out the details on locus of deposit

Posted on 9 February 2009 by Gavin Baker

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 →

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Aborting OA: government interference in science

Posted on 4 April 2008 by Gavin Baker

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 … Continue reading →

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Shield laws, diffuse interests, and collective action

Posted on 26 October 2007 by Gavin Baker

Particularly in the past few years, American journalists have been making noise about the need for a federal shield law. Currently, 33 states plus D.C. have laws to protect journalists from having to reveal privileged source information in court; the … Continue reading →

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