Mark Weisbrot, Green technology should be shared, The Guardian , May 20, 2009. Excerpt: Comments On the one hand, IP interests are wealthy, skilled at lobbying, and well-represented in most national legislatures and WTO delegations. On the other, environmental interests can be their match, even if they are not yet their match.
Alison Henning, New UKPMC Grant Reporting services – including citation data – now available, UKPMC Blog , May 21, 2009.
Richard Poynder, Open Access mandates: Judging success, Open and Shut? May 23, 2009. Excerpt: Comment . These are very good questions. I just copied them, with attribution, to the OAD list of Research questions (subsection on universities). Doctoral students and other scholars use this list to find open questions about OA in need of investigation.
Stevan Harnad, The Definitive Answer: Deposit All Final Drafts, Immediately Upon Acceptance for Publication, Open Access Archivangelism , May 21, 2009. The context is an AmSci OA forum discussion thread on whether Wiley-Blackwell allows postprint archiving. See Stevan's full post (of which this is just a summary) for the evidence on each side. Update (5/23/09).
The American Library Association awarded Jim Neal its Melvil Dewey Medal, for a lifetime of service to libraries, including work for OA. From the ALA announcement (May 7, 2009): PS: Also see our past posts on Neal.
The Coventry University Repository Virtual Environment won Best Institutional Repository in the IMS Global Learning Consortium's Learning Impact Awards. (Thanks to PublicTechnology.net.) See also the other award categories for some other projects related to open education.
Eberhard R. Hilf, Questions for the European Parliament from the research community concerning Open Access, Opening scientific communication, May 22, 2009. Update. Updated to reflect the amended post.
Wendy Luker and Nick Sheppard, Implementing an Institutional Repository for Leeds Metropolitan University: Final report, undated but recent. Executive summary: See also our past posts on the IR at Leeds Met.
Zoë Corbyn, Expect few new titles in library as sterling's fall pounds acquisitions, Times Higher Education Supplement , May 21, 2009. Excerpt: PS: I've argued that the recession will harm OA and TA alike, but will strengthen the case for OA.
Alma Swan has made two charts showing the rapid recent growth in the number of OA mandates. (Thanks, Alma!) PS: Note that there have been four departmental mandates so far this month , and all four by unanimous faculty votes.
Gov. Schwarzenegger Launches First-in-Nation Initiative to Develop Free Digital Textbooks for High School Students, press release, May 6, 2009.