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Month: December 2014

  • My thoughts on Generation Open

    I’ve just given an email interview for Abby Clobridge, for a forthcoming short column in Online Searcher. I give many of these interviews and often very little material from it gets used, so I asked Abby if it was okay if I reposted what I wrote. Her response: “go for it” – thanks Abby! So…

  • Nature’s Beggar Access

    Nature has announced a press release about a new scheme they’ve come up with to legalise begging to view research. Before The situation before this scheme was that the scholarly poor would beg for access via private social media (email) and public social media (e.g. twitter #icanhazpdf). Kind, privileged subscribers with access to Nature magazine…