Accelerating access to biomedical evidence
Tweet “When World War I finally ended, France vowed never again to let Germany, the so-called “beast that sleeps on the other side of the Rhine,” violate its territory. French politicians and generals conceived the Maginot Line, a network of forts and blockhouses, as an obstacle to any future invasion. Although it has become notorious [...]
Wed, February 1 2012 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment
Tweet It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in their religion; in their education; in their pursuits; their modes of living; their association; in their property; in their speculative views. Ralph Waldo Emerson- Self-Reliance (1841) Obscured in all the [...]
Thu, January 26 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet Kurt Elling playing “Steppin’ Out” (Joe Jackson) at the New Morning in Paris on May 26, 2011. “We so tired of all the darkness in our lives With no more angry words to say can come alive Get into a car and drive to the other side” You may not learn anything new in [...]
Mon, January 23 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet I don’t have much to add when there are already very articulate opinions supporting the case for retracting or opposing the Research Works Act. If you care about this and are a U.S. constituent of a House Member, please let them know your opinion. Michael Eisen, Associate Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley [...]
Fri, January 6 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet NCBI Images is not a collection of purloined or open content, but a database, according to the original NIH press release, which said: The Images database enables users to search images based on keywords and a variety of other parameters, such as author and publication date. Images and data can be easily saved to [...]
Wed, February 9 2011 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet On July 29th, Allan Adler, Vice President of government and legal affairs at the Association of American Publishers (AAP), told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee that FRPAA would seriously threaten the scholarly publishing industry: “Publishers strongly believe that American taxpayers are entitled to the research [...]
Fri, August 6 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet Well, I was quite excited about today’s announcement of the Emergency Access Initiative (EAI), a timely partnership of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) , the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), and the Professional & Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and other publishers. Then I began to [...]
Tue, January 26 2010 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment
Open Access Medicine Right to Research Coalition PLoS Video Feed Biomedical OA News (Google) OA Publishing (PubMed) OA Tracking Project Connotea Tag oa.medicine
