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Universal access to oxygenated blood? Please enter credit card details.
In light of the ongoing debate around the Research Works Act, universal access and the role of publishers in research communication, some images – like the suckling pigs on December 21 or today’s Open Access File of the Day - may take on a special meaning: just imagine … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008, academic publishing, Bulgarian, Caitlin Sedwick, CC BY, Creative Commons, fetus, Greek, JPG, Open Access, placenta, PLoS Biology, Research Works Act, scholarly communication, SENP2, Shang-Yi Chiu, synopsis, umbilical cord, universal access, Wei Hsu, Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia
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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
Open Access featured twice on English Wikipedia homepage today
On the English Wikipedia, the entry about the Research Works Act that aims to roll back the NIH’s Public Access Policy is currently featured on the Main page under “Did you know” (bottom left in this screenshot): … that the Research Works Act proposed … Continue reading