Bill proposed to block public access to publicly funded research

[Pythagorean]

Thanks Borek! Ill pass it along!

 

[Borek]

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/testify-the-open-science-movement-catches-fire/all/1

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 mainly, it seems, by the revelation that one of the most resented publishers, Elsevier, was backing the Research Works Act

scientists are pledging by the hundreds to not cooperate with Elsevier in any way — refusing to publish in its journals, referee its papers, or do the editorial work that researchers have been supplying to journals without charge for decades

Read also two series of comments below the text.

 

[MarcoD]

No, what happens is that people explain why their new ideas are good, not why their old ideas are wrong.

I would put that into more cynical words, but those words would get me banned.

 

[Borek]

First it was a post in Tim Gowers's blog, now it is a site:

http://thecostofknowledge.com/

 

[Borek]

And the war with publishers continues:

http://the-scientist.com/2012/09/18/university-library-ditches-acs/