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Category Archives: Policy
Budapest Open Access Initiative – looking ten years into both past and future
A good ten years since the Budapest Open Access Initiative went public, the participants of the 10th anniversary meeting in February have released a set of recommendations concerning the next ten years of Open Access. Jonathan Gray over on the … Continue reading
A dino on the move
Yesterday, I came across a post by Stuart Shieber, in which he highlighted a quote and linked to a blog post about an interview that Richard Poynder had done with Jan Velterop, in which the latter had said the following: … Continue reading
Posted in Open Access File of the Day, Policy
Tagged 2009, Animal skeletons, Araripesuchus wegeneri, attribution stacking, CC BY, Creative Commons, Czech, dinosaurs, fossils, Hans Larsson, JPG, palaeontology, Paul Sereno, publishing, Research Works Act, Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, Wikispecies, ZooKeys
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Musings on the Research Works Act, Open Access pledges and Wikimedia
Over on Foundation-l, an interesting thread has been developing today on the Research Works Act, Open Access pledges and any potential role therein for Wikimedia. I just posted some thoughts on the matter, quoted in full below the fold. … Continue reading
Research Works Act entry on the English Wikipedia gets asylum on Commons
Today, the English Wikipedia has joined a diverse group of websites in taking action against proposed U.S. legislation known as SOPA (WebCite archive) and PIPA (WebCite archive) that would severely curtail the freedom on the internet in a way that wouldn’t allow Wikipedia … Continue reading
Encouraging reuse of Open Access materials – a response to the OSTP’s RFI on Publications
Below is a copy of the final draft (permalink) for a response to the Request for Information on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research, ready for submission before today’s deadline. I thank all those who … Continue reading
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Tagged CC BY-SA, Creative Commons, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Open Access, open licenses, OSTP, Request for Information on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research, Reuse, RFI, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia
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Why are pornstars more notable than scientists on Wikipedia?
Encouraging expert participation in Wikimedia projects is a key aspect of the Wikimedian in Residence on Open Science project, and so is pointing out what discourages experts from contributing. Below is a copy of a blog post by Antony Williams … Continue reading
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Tagged Antony Williams, chemistry, ChemSpider, expert participation, Royal Society of Chemistry
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Draft for Wikimedia response to the EU Consultation on scientific information in the digital age
The European Commission have set up a questionnaire (PDF version) regarding their future Open Access and Open Data policy, and it has been suggested that the Wikimedia Foundation – perhaps represented by one or more of its chapters – draft a response to it … Continue reading