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Congress Considers Paywalling Science You Already Paid For
Photo by Pat Ossa. Full info below. Should you be able to read research you’ve helped to fund? A few years ago, Congress decided this was a good idea, and approved an access policy that makes most...
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Testify: The Open-Science Movement Catches Fire
For years, the open science movement has sought to light a fire about the “closed” journal-publication system. In the last few weeks their efforts seemed to have ignited a broader flame, driven...
View ArticleWhy Open Science? Michael Nielsen ‘Splains It To Ya
In the wake of my post yesterday on the sudden surge of the open-science movement, I thought a primer on the subject would be useful for those lacking time to read my feature about why so many...
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Tortoises Hump & Fingers Freeze As Open Science Catches Fire – January’s Best...
Galapagos making more Galapagos, by JupiterSSJ4 Open science stole the show in January, with evolution, frostbite, and PTSD hysteria following. I’m throwing in tortoise sex for feel-good factor....
View ArticleIs the Open Science Revolution For Real?
Monty Python’s rebels ponder all they must replace if they kill the Romans The researcher rebellion against the closed research-and-publishing system, tallied most explicitly in a petition boycotting...
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Open Science Revolt Occupies Congress
U.S. Capitol, by ttarasiuk. Some rights reserved; details below post The open-science revolt, catalyzed just a few weeks ago as a reaction to publisher Elsevier’s backing of a clumsy bill introduced to...
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On the Reading Table: Money, Habits, & Open Science
I’m going to give this a run: A post every week or so on what I’m reading , have recently read, or have poked through enough to get a decent sense of. The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers,...
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Elsevier Boycott Not a Petition, But “A Declaration of Independence”
So says computer programmer and sauropod fan Mike Taylor in a particularly rich rallying cry at Discover’s “The Crux” blog. The ongoing boycott of academic-publishing giant Elsevier — almost 7000...
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Open-Science Geeks Invite Obama Onto Roller Coaster
The ride's fun only if you lean forward. Will Obama climb in? The open-science movement, having exploded over the last year in its efforts to make science work more collaboratively and flow more openly...
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Open-Science Roller Coaster Accelerates
Biophysicist and open-science fan Stephen Curry, in The inexorable rise of open access scientific publishing, at The Guardian, notes that the move to open science is speeding up a wee faster than many...
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