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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “open access”
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Giving Open Access a Bad Name
The Scholarly Kitchen —
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Scientist, editor, and OA advocate Jonathan A. Eisen rages against an infamous author-pays OA publisher.3 hours ago -
Oberlin College Adopts Open Access Policy
DigitalKoans —
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Oberlin College has adopted an open access policy . Heres an excerpt from the press release : The Oberlin College General Faculty unanimously endorsed on November 18 a resolution to make their scholarly articles openly accessible on the Internet. As a result of the measure, the rich scholarly output of the ...11 hours ago -
Sustaining Open Access Databases
Open Education News —
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The journal Nature has posted an editorial on sustainability and open access databases. From the editorial: Governments must ensure that at least one of their national funding agencies has money specifically set aside for the long-term support of bioresource infrastructures. Thanks to Gavin Baker at Open ...2 days ago -
More on German Open Access
Open Education News —
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Cornelius Puschmann has a new post on the German open access petition ( reported by OEN ). From the post: My opinion (and not just mine) is that Open Access should be treated as the broad societal issue it really is, not just as a nifty way for libraries to save money or researchers to communicate more effectively. ...2 days ago -
Laser therapy can worsen skin cancer
Thaindian News —
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London, Nov 20 (IANS) Pain relieving, anti-inflammatory ‘cold laser’ causes increased skin tumour growth, says a new study.Jan M. Bjordal from Bergen University College, Norway, worked with a team of Brazilian researchers to carry out experiments in the lab and in living organisms. “High irradiances (radiation) ...3 days ago -
A co-operative open access operator?
Railway Eye - the railway blog —
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This from Rail-news.com ... Go! Co-operative www.go-now.coop , is gathering momentum in its aim to become the UK’s first co-operatively-owned Train Operating Company (TOC), and has appointed three new board members to take the organisation forward to operational stage. Apparently the first route proposed " ...3 days ago -
Innovative projects in the publishing of OER
Random Stuff that Matters —
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In October, University of Toronto participated in the world-wide Open Access Week with a number of different events . I got the honor of starting off with the first event (although I believe there was one event the week before), with a presentation about Innovative projects in the publishing of OER. I’ve always ...3 days ago -
Free Technology Academy
Open Education News —
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Wytze Koopal has tweeted about the launch of Free Technology Academy. The courses can viewed and taken freely, but teaching support will only be provided to enrolled students. From the announcement : The Free Technology Academy opens its doors to students. The registration process for the first 2 courses has ...3 days ago -
If You Wanted to Build a National 100-Mbps Access Network, Could You?
IP Carrier —
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The Federal Communications Commission says it will cost $350 billion to build a single, nationally available broadband access network operating at 100 Mbps and reaching virtually every American. The FCC also says it is studying whether telcos and cable companies should be forced to offer open access to third parties ...3 days ago -
Grand Central - you dont have to be md to work here...
Railway Eye - the railway blog —
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The Fact Compiler has received a piece of PR puffery from Grand Central. Their PR, the soi disant veteran observer, witters... Charles Belcher joins Grand Central... he has been Managing Director of a number of Train Operating Companies... Indeed. So now theres three former TOC MDs at the open access ...3 days ago -
Distance education could address dearth of teachers: Sibal
Thaindian News —
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Distance education, via cell phones and other technology geared to provide open access to education, could address the dearth of teachers plaguing the Indian education system, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday.“There is a need for distance education (in India) ...4 days ago -
Article-level metrics getting attention
Be openly accessible or be obscure —
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The very interesting publication Article-Level Metrics and the Evolution of Scientific Impact Export by Cameron Neylon and Shirley Wu ( PLoS Biol 2009(Nov); 7(11): e1000242 [Epub 2009(Nov 17)][ PubMed Citation ]) is receiving attention on FriendFeed [ here ] and Topsy [ here ] and has been bookmarked on ...4 days ago -
The FCC’s Berkman Study is Clear: Broadband Unbundling Expands Competition, Increases Access, and Creates Jobs
Public Knowledge - Blogging, Events, and Action Alerts —
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Public Knowledge just filed comments urging the FCC to pay close attention to a study (PDF) it commissioned on broadband unbundling. The study, written by Yochai Benkler and his team at Harvard’s Berkman Center , examined international broadband regulatory practices. This was not just another study ...4 days ago -
Citation Advantages of Open Access
Open Education News —
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Samson C. Soong has published an article asserting that open access papers are cited more than closed articles. From the article: This article describes a study, involving a set of articles published in scholarly journals by faculty members of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) that have ...4 days ago -
Opening government funded research to improve research, teaching and learning in higher education
Zzzoot —
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The report Harnessing Openness to Improve Research, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (A Report by the Digital Connections Council of the Committee for Economic Development Committee, 2009 ISBN #0-87186-184-7) has some very relevant sections dealing with Open Access and Open Data in the context of ...4 days ago -
No Journal Access? Email the Author, Colleague
The Scholarly Kitchen —
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Peer-to-peer sharing of scientific articles is common for Indian scientists, a new study reports.5 days ago -
Open Science at Web-Scale: Optimising Participation and Predictive Potential
Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily —
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Interesting report that serves as a starting point for consultations on what might be called "citizen science". The report covers aspects of open access initiatives (especially with regard to data) in academic publishing, and combines that with lessons that can be learned from blogging and citizen journalism. As the ...5 days ago -
Proceedings of the 155th ARL Membership Meeting
DigitalKoans —
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ARL has released the Proceedings of the 155th ARL Membership Meeting . Presentations are in digital audio, PowerPoint, and/or PDF formats. Heres a selection: "A Scientist’s View of Open Access," Bernard Schutz ( PowerPoint , audio available) "A River Runs Through It," Sayeed Choudhury ( PowerPoint , audio ...5 days ago -
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research Will Commit 5 Million Euros to Open Access Publication
DigitalKoans —
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According to a news article by the SURFfoundation, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research , which "funds thousands of top researchers at universities and institutes and steers the course of Dutch science by means of subsidies and research programmes," will commit five million Euros to support the open ...5 days ago -
New Issue Of The Journal of Distance Education Published
Virtual High School Meanderings —
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This message showed up in my inbox yesterday (not sure if it was while I was at the doctor’s office or while I was trying to stay involved in some of the Virtual School Symposium activities). Anyway…The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l’Éducation à Distance has just published its latest issue at ...5 days ago
