'Open Access' Category
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More educational podcasts…
July 28, 2005This seems to todays zeitgeist. The Education Podcast Network The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century. And, [...]
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“The C-SPAN of scientific and medical research”
July 28, 2005ResearchChannel ResearchChannel is a non-profit organization founded in 1996 by a consortium of leading research universities, institutions and corporate research centers dedicated to creating a widely accessible voice for research through video and Internet channels. In addition to health and medical sciences, computer science and engineering, more than 30% of the content is in arts, [...]
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Princeton podcasts!
July 28, 2005University Channel The University Channel makes videos of academic lectures and events from all over the world available to the public. It is a place where academics can air their ideas and present research in a full-length, uncut format. Already available: The Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement, The Pope and the Future of Religion and Politics, [...]
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Two Free Novels
July 14, 2005Slashdot reports “Two prominent science fiction authors have recently released their newest novels as free downloads to coincide with their in-store releases.” Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, by Cory Doctorow Accelerando, by Charles Stross
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The Forum on Privatization and the Public Domain
July 12, 2005The Forum on Privatization and the Public Domain The goals of the Forum are to: Create a public voice on the issues raised by the relentless expansion of what are considered to be patentable products, processes, discoveries, inventions and appropriated goods, or what is commonly referred to as intellectual property… Thanks to Librarian Activist!
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Stevan Harnad’s new blog
July 11, 2005Open Access Archivangelism Stevan Harnad, the long time evangelist of open access to scholarly literature, has started a new blog, Open Access Archivangelism “Maximizing Research Impact by Maximizing Research Access” (http://openaccess.eprints.org/). He says, As of this date, I will begin branching my own substantive American Scientist Open Access Forum postings http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/ archives/ American- Scientist- Open- [...]
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Hamlet commentaries online
May 10, 2005hamletworks “Hamlet Works is based on the materials of the New Variorum Hamlet Project. It contains sets of entries (not yet complete) detailing the textual and critical history of every line of the play. ” An article in the CHE describes the project as “every piece of scholarship and criticism about the play” linked “line [...]
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New open access govt information journal
March 25, 2005Open Government: a journal on Freedom of Information Here’s a new open access journal to keep track of. The inaugural issue includes articles about the UK freedom of information act (which amazingly didn’t come into force until January, 2005!), and a conference report on the 3rd intl conference of information commissioners. One of the exciting [...]
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Yahoo Creative Commons Search
March 24, 2005Yahoo! Search Yahoo now has a search that limits results to materials covered by a Creative Commons license instead of copyright. Why is this search different? This Yahoo! Search service finds content across the Web that has a Creative Commons license. While most stuff you find on the web has a full copyright, this search [...]
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BBC radio on Open Access
January 2, 2005BBC – Radio 4 – Publish or Be Damned Open access in the news!