Category: best science books 2011 • science books
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: The Independent Books of the Year: Science, History.
- The Quantum Universe: Everything that can happen does happen by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
- Wonders of the Universe by Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen
- The Magic of Reality: How we know what's really true by Richard Dawkins and Dave McKean
- The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and Its Causes by Steven Pinker
- Here on Earth: A Natural History of the Planet by Tim Flannery
- The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in Space by Mary Roach
- A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil Macgregor
I'm always looking for recommendations and notifications of book lists as they appear in various media outlets. If you see one that I haven't covered, please let me know at jdupuis at yorku dot ca or in the comments.
I am picking up a lot of lists from Largehearted Boy.
The summary post for 2010 books is here and all the posts for 2010 can be found here. For 2009, it's here and here.
For my purposes, I define science books pretty broadly to include science, engineering, computing, history & philosophy of science & technology, environment, social aspects of science and even business books about technology trends or technology innovation. Deciding what is and isn't a science book is squishy at best, especially at the margins, but in the end I pick books that seem broadly about science and technology rather than something else completely. Lists of business, history or nature books are among the tricky ones.
And if you wish to support my humble list-making efforts, run on over to Amazon
, take a look at Steve Jobs
and consider picking that one up or something else from the lists.
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Category: best science books 2011 • science books
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: January Magazine Best of 2011: Art & Culture, Non-Fiction.
- The Magic of Reality: How We Really Know What's True by Richard Dawkin
- Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
- The Great White Bear by Kieran Mulvaney
- Mnemonic: A Book of Trees by Theresa Kishkan
- Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology by Alexis Madrigal
I'm always looking for recommendations and notifications of book lists as they appear in various media outlets. If you see one that I haven't covered, please let me know at jdupuis at yorku dot ca or in the comments.
I am picking up a lot of lists from Largehearted Boy.
The summary post for 2010 books is here and all the posts for 2010 can be found here. For 2009, it's here and here.
For my purposes, I define science books pretty broadly to include science, engineering, computing, history & philosophy of science & technology, environment, social aspects of science and even business books about technology trends or technology innovation. Deciding what is and isn't a science book is squishy at best, especially at the margins, but in the end I pick books that seem broadly about science and technology rather than something else completely. Lists of business, history or nature books are among the tricky ones.
And if you wish to support my humble list-making efforts, run on over to Amazon, take a look at Steve Jobs and consider picking that one up or something else from the lists.
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Category: friday fun • science fiction
Ok, so none of these realizations has actually ruined science fiction for me, but they are pretty funny nevertheless.
4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You
#4. Sci-fi Needs a Straight Man Like a Laurel and Hardy Routine
The bulk of the workload in writing science fiction/fantasy is creating your whole world from scratch. It's a hell of a lot of fun, but it also has some unique problems. Characters, by being from this world you've just hand-built, are naturally going to be referring to places and objects and sometimes even speaking in a language that is completely foreign to the reader. To deal with this issue as a writer, you can fill the narrative with clunky exposition, rabidly notate the entire thing and hope your readers like cross-referencing as much as they like space battles (not always a losing bet), or you can attempt to skillfully weave information and plot by virtue of your many practiced years in fiction.
Or you could take the other option: Chuck a dumbass into your story who literally doesn't understand a thing, thus forcing all of the other characters to constantly stop and explain every aspect of the world to him. Like so:
"General Klogg's Pogofighters are bouncing over the city walls! Quick, to the rhythm-cannons!" N-dah Gaim, robo-temptress of the Seventh Veil, screamed in alarm.
"General who's whatfighters are doing huh now?" Biff Manface asked (manfully).
"I forget, Manface, despite your chiseled jawline and just ... really, truly rockin' pecs (seriously, they're so, so good) ... that you are but a human, and a stranger to our lands. General Krogg is the former leader of Klogglandia's dancing warrior caste, you see, and his elite band, or 'crew,' of Krumping assassins have ..."
And so forth.
If you think that's a hack move that you, as a discerning reader, wouldn't tolerate, think again. It's been utilized in nearly every famous sci-fi work in history.
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Category: job • yorku
Come work instead of me!
Below is a posting for a 3-year contractually limited appointment in my unit. I'm chair of the search committee, so feel free to ask away with any questions about the position. I'll answer them to the best of my ability given the limitations of being on the committee.
As it happens, I'll no longer be the department head of Steacie Science & Engineering Library during the three year period of the appointment. For the first year, the successful candidate will be replacing me while I do a one-year acting Associate University Librarian appointment. The second year, I'll be back at Steacie but no longer as department head (my term is up) and the position will be replacing one of my colleagues while he is on sabbatical. The third year will be replacing me during my sabbatical.
Here's the posting:
Position Rank: Contractually Limited Appointment
Discipline/Field: Science Librarian
Home Faculty: Libraries
Home Department/Area/Division: Steacie Science and Engineering Library
Affiliation/Union: YUFA
Position Start Date: July 1, 2012
Position End Date: June 30, 2015
Science Librarian Contractually Limited Appointment
York University Libraries seek a self-directed and public service-oriented Science Librarian based in the Steacie Science & Engineering Library.
York University is the leading interdisciplinary research and teaching university in Canada. York offers a modern, academic experience at the undergraduate and graduate level in Toronto, Canada's most international city. The third largest university in the country, York is host to a dynamic academic community of 62,000 students, faculty and staff, as well as 240,000 alumni worldwide. York's 10 Faculties and 28 research centres conduct ambitious, groundbreaking research that is interdisciplinary, cutting across traditional academic boundaries.
The Science Librarian will be responsible for faculty liaison, collection development and the delivery of information literacy programs for assigned disciplines and will participate in research consultations and outreach activities to departments and research centres. Responsibilities include selection of information resources, collection management and evaluation in such fields as engineering, computer science, mathematics, kinesiology and science and technology studies. He/she will work individually and as part of a team to develop and provide reference services and information literacy programs to York's community of users taking full advantage of the online learning and web environments. She/he will also participate in project and committee work for York University Libraries and the University. Some evening and weekend work is required.
Steacie Science and Engineering Library is one of four libraries within York University Libraries. The Steacie Science and Engineering Library attracts a half million visitors a year and provides specialized resources, and reference and information literacy sessions to the science, engineering, and health programs of York University. The Library takes pride in its extensive information literacy program and online learning support initiatives. Four full-time librarians and seven full-time support staff are currently based in the Steacie Science & Engineering Library.
Qualifications:
- An ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent.
- Educational background or library experience relevant to the physical sciences, engineering, mathematics or computer science.
- Knowledge of science and technology literature and reference resources, and awareness of emerging trends in scholarly communication.
- Understanding of concepts, goals, and methods of information literacy instruction.
- A potential for excellence in teaching and an ability to teach in a variety of settings and formats.
- Demonstrated expertise with online content management platforms such as WordPress or LibGuides.
- Strong client-centred service philosophy and evidence of professional initiative and leadership.
- Ability to handle multiple responsibilities and projects concurrently.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively and collegially with a diversity of colleagues and clients.
- Interest in research and professional development
This is a 3-year, contractually-limited appointment with the designation of Adjunct Librarian and is appropriate for a librarian with up to three years of post-MLS experience. Librarians and archivists at York University have academic status and are members of the York University Faculty Association bargaining unit (http://www.yufa.org/). Salary is commensurate with qualifications. The position is available from July 1, 2012. All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval.
York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York's website at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative action office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority. Temporary entry for citizens of the U.S.A. and Mexico may apply per the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
York University's resources include centres relating to gender equity, race and ethnic relations, sexual harassment, human rights, and wellness. York University encourages attitudes of respect and non-discrimination toward persons of all ethnic and religious groups, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
Deadline for the submission of applications is March 30, 2012. Applications should include a covering letter that relates qualifications to the requirements of the position, a current curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three referees. Applications should be sent to:
Chair, Steacie Librarian Appointment Committee
York University Libraries
310 Scott Library
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Fax: 416-736-5451
Email: yulapps@yorku.ca
Applications should be sent by mail, or by email or fax with a hardcopy following.
Posting End Date: March 30, 2012
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Category: acad lib future • academia • book review • culture of science • reading diary • science books
Walter Isaacson's book on Apple founder & CEO Steve Jobs
is a fairly long book. It's not exactly a thriller either, especially since I know how it ends. As a result it took me a while to plow through it. I tended to read it in bursts of 40 or 50 pages over a few days then maybe put it aside for a while.
As a result, I ended up reading a bunch of other auto/biographical works at the same time. And there are some interesting parallels.
Ozzy Osbourne's I Am Ozzy
and Tony Iommi's Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath
are both great books. Like Jobs they are deranged lunatics who somehow managed to find a way to turn their obsessions into a career. Iommi in particular, the driven, somewhat cold, productive one, seems like an interesting guy to contrast with Jobs. I also read the new graphic novel biography of Richard Feynman
(review), another creative non-conformist, a guy who definitely found his own driven way in life. And oddly, the whole bunch of them are practical jokers. Who knew?
And right now I've just started Frank Brady's new bio of Bobby Fischer, Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
with Christopher Hitchens' Hitch-22
high on the to-read list. In some ways, Fischer and Jobs seem closest in personality among all the people I've read about recently. Obsessed, driven, hard-working, prickly, deranged (Fischer way more than Jobs, of course), people that were both incredibly easy to love while at the same time incredibly hard to like. HItchens and Jobs also had fierce, uncompromising, "I'm right you're wrong" mindsets that set them apart from others.
So, I like books about nutjobs. So what?
Yeah, nutjob. Steve Jobs was one. A brilliant, one of a kind person but not exactly an easy man to like, even if he seemed very easy to love.
And this is the story you get in Isaacson's biography. It's definitely not a "technical biography" in any sense. It's not a business biography either, really. The focus isn't so much on Apple or Apple products, and if that's what you're looking for, this isn't the book. Very much like Isaacson's Einstein bio
(review), it's really journalistic, focusing on what happened, when and to whom. Like I said at the beginning, there's not the narrative or intellectual drive that a different book could have had, but we have what we have.
Which isn't to say that I didn't ultimately enjoy the book. I did, very much so. In fact, I often found Jobs' oddball story oddly touching. So often he seemed to want to be a better father or brother or husband, but somehow managed to turn away. And perhaps the touching part of it was that this man who was so hard to like was able to sustain those loving relationships, to have the love reflected back to him that he found so hard to show to others. And the love came not just from people close to him but from complete strangers all over the world.
This is one of those books where I took pages and pages of notes while I was reading it, almost planning out a detailed, analytical review with a detailed summary of the main events and the salient points. Where I was going to draw some larger lesson for libraries and science out of the lessons of Steve Jobs' life.
But that's not going to happen. Somehow this seems a better book to review impressionistically. There have been tons of more detailed reviews and there's no shortage of information on Jobs' personal and business lives, both positive and negative. If those are what you are looking for, I'll leave it up to you to find it.
But maybe a quote or two to finish:
When I went to Pixar, I became aware of a great divide. Tech companies don't understand creativity. They don't appreciate intuitive thinking, like the ability of an A&R guy at a music label to listen to a hundred artists and have a feel for which five might be successful. And they think that creative people just sit around on couches all day and are undisciplined, because they've not seen how driven and disciplined the creative folks at places like Pixar are. On the other hand, music companies are completely clueless about technology. They think they can just go out and hire a few tech folks. But that would be like Apple trying to hire people to produce music. We'd get second-rate A&R people, just like the music companies ended up with second-rate tech people. I'm one of the few people who understands how producing technology requires intuition and creativity, and how producing something artistic takes real discipline. (p. 397)
And,
Some people say,"Give the customer what they want". But that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said,"If I'd asked customer what they wanted, they would have told me, 'faster horse!" People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page. (p. 567)
A couple of lessons worth learning?
I usually end these reviews with an idea of what kinds of library collections I think the book in questions would be appropriate for. In this case, it's simply a case that any library that serves an adult reading audience would do well to get this book. I'm sure even many high school or middle school libraries would find this book has some takers.
Isaacson, Walter. Steve Jobs. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. 630pp. ISBN-13: 978-1451648539
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Category: best science books 2011 • science books
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: The Top Cryptozoology Books of 2011.
- The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth by Richard Conniff
- When Bigfoot Attacks by Michael Newton
- Tracking Bigfoot by Donald Wallace and Lori Simmons
- In Search of Sasquatch by Kelly Milner Hall
- Weird Waters: The Lake and Sea Monsters of Scandinavia and the Baltic States by Lars Thomas and Jacob Rask
- The Water Horses of Loch Ness by Roland Hugh Watson
- Loch Ness, Nessie & Me by Tony Harmsworth
- Strange Monsters of the Pacific Northwest by Michael Newton
- Monsters of Wisconsin: Mysterious Creatures in the Badger State by Linda S. Godfrey
- Monsters of Illinois: Mysterious Creatures in the Prairie State by Troy Taylor
- The Mystery Animals Of The British Isles: Gloucestershire and Worcestershire by Paul Williams
- The Mystery Animals of the British Isles: The Northern Isles by Glen Vaudrey
- The Cryptid Creatures of Florida by Scott Marlowe and Charlie Carlson
- Monsters of the Gévaudan: The Making of a Beast by Jay M. Smith
- The Werewolf Book (2nd Edition) by Brad Steiger
- Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore by Benjamin Radford
- Searching for Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads, and Cryptozoology by Brian Regal
- Tracking the Man-beasts: Sasquatch, Vampires, Zombies, and More by Joe Nickell
- Owlman by Jonathan Nola
- The Inhumanoids by Barton Nunnelly
- Scattered Skeletons in our Closet by Karen Mutton
- Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter by Josh Gates
I'm always looking for recommendations and notifications of book lists as they appear in various media outlets. If you see one that I haven't covered, please let me know at jdupuis at yorku dot ca or in the comments.
I am picking up a lot of lists from Largehearted Boy.
The summary post for 2010 books is here and all the posts for 2010 can be found here. For 2009, it's here and here.
For my purposes, I define science books pretty broadly to include science, engineering, computing, history & philosophy of science & technology, environment, social aspects of science and even business books about technology trends or technology innovation. Deciding what is and isn't a science book is squishy at best, especially at the margins, but in the end I pick books that seem broadly about science and technology rather than something else completely. Lists of business, history or nature books are among the tricky ones.
And if you wish to support my humble list-making efforts, run on over to Amazon, take a look at Steve Jobs and consider picking that one up or something else from the lists.
(Dear FSM, I'm finally coming to the end of this. Just a few more posts to go, now that I'm getting back to it.)
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Category: Politics • acad lib future • academia • faculty liaison • open access
This post has superseded my previous post which focused solely on the Research Works Act. I have added some coverage of the Elsevier boycott which at least partially grew out of opposition to the RWA. I'm not attempting to be as comprehensive in coverage for the boycott as for the RWA.
Some relevant resources:
It's worth noting that this post represents a massive update to the previous one.
- 2012.01.04. New US Publisher Anti-OA Legislation by Cable Green
- 2012.01.04. A Threat to Open Access: the Research Works Act by Lisa Federer
- 2012.01.05. Update on publishers and SOPA: Time for scholarly publishers to disavow the AAP by Cameron Neylon
- 2012.01.05Elsevier-funded NY Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Wants to Deny Americans Access to Taxpayer Funded Research by Michael Eisen
- 2012.01.05. Dear Representatives Issa and Maloney - Are you kidding me? Stop this bill now #ClosedAccess by Jonathan Eisen
- 2012.01.05. Oppose H.R. 3699: To ensure the continued publication and integrity of peer-reviewed research works by the private sector. by Tim O'Reilly
- 2012.01.05. Why Is Open-Internet Champion Darrell Issa Supporting an Attack on Open Science? by Rebecca J. Rosen
- 2012.01.05. Research Works Act: fighting the last war by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.05. Publishers Applaud "Research Works Act," Bipartisan Legislation To End Government Mandates on Private-Sector Scholarly Publishing by Heather Morrison
- 2012.01.05. Testimony: academic AAP members and the Research Works Act: where do you stand? Bear witness by Peter Brantley
- 2012.01.05. Peter Suber on "New Bill to Block Open Access to Publicly-Funded Research" by Gary Price
- 2012.01.05. More Legislative Shenanigans: Research Works Act (H.R. 3699) by Meredith
- 2012.01.05. Behind the Research Works Act: Which U.S. Representatives are Receiving Cash from Reed Elsevier? by Jason Baird Jackson
- 2012.01.05. Representatives Issa (R-CA) and Maloney (D-NY) introduce anti-open access legislation by James Love
- 2012.01.05. Why does the ACM act against the interests of scholars? by Rob Simmons
- 2012.01.05. A Case of Open and Shut by Christine Ross
- 2012.01.05. Can We Sustain Open Initiatives? by Audry Watters
- 2012.01.05. Science-Journal Publishers Take Fight Against Open-Access Policies to Congress
- 2012.01.05. Breaking technology by Kevin Smith
- 2012.01.05. Scholarly Societies: It's time to abandon the AAP over The Research Works Act by John Dupuis
- 2012.01.06. The Research Works Act: asking the public to pay twice for scientific knowledge by Janet Stemwedel
- 2012.01.06. Congress wants to limit open access publishing for the US government's $28B/year subsidized research by Cory Doctorow
- 2012.01.06. Research Works Act is an anti-entrepreneurial bill by Britt Holbrook
- 2012.01.06. Research Works Act by Jane Morris
- 2012.01.06. A Quick Note on the Membership of the American Association of Publishers and the Research Works Act by Gary Price
- 2012.01.06. Congress Considers Paywalling Science You Already Paid For by David Dobbs
- 2012.01.06. Calling on Publishers to Resign from The Association of American Publishers Re Anti-Open Access Stance by Jonathan Eisen
- 2012.01.06. Scientists, the White House seeks your opinion on Open Access by Björn Brembs
- 2012.01.06. Stop Making Sense (Scholarly Publishing Edition) by Maura Smale
- 2012.01.06. The Scholarly Poor could lose access to scientific research; this is serious by Peter Murray-Rust
- 2012.01.06. Academic publishers acting badly by Mita Williams
- 2012.01.06. Dear Judy Garber, President, American Association of Cancer Research, and Frank McCormick, President-Elect by Heather Morrison
- 2012.01.06. Scientists, Fight For Access! by Kevin Zelnio
- 2012.01.06. Call to action: Oppose H.R. 3699, a bill to block public access to publicly funded research by Heather Joseph and Jennifer McLennan
- 2012.01.06. SOPA and the Research Works Act: Evil master plan or do publishers think so little of us by Kendra K. Levine
- 2012.01.06. Raising the barriers: restricting access to scientific literature will hurt STEM education by Sandra Porter
- 2012.01.06. More Policy Threats to Open Archaeology by Eric Kansa
- 2012.01.06. Congress Considers Paywalling Science You Already Paid For
- 2012.01.06. Data Friday: ThreeThings for the To Do List by Abigail Goben
- 2012.01.06. Rolling Back Public Access by Research Works Act
- 2012.01.06. Proposed Bill Threatens Open Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research by Liz Klimas
- 2012.01.06. Stop U.S. legislation that would block public access to publicly funded research by Timothy Vollmer
- 2012.01.06. The Association of American Publishers endorses Research Works Act by Britt Holbrook
- 2012.01.06. What can we do? Strike. When should we do it? Now. by Library Loon
- 2012.01.06. On open access, open science and Congress primarily by Darrell Issa & Tim O'Reilly on Twitter
- 2012.01.06. Response from ACM's Scott Delman by Rob Simmons
- 2012.01.06. Why HR 3699 Sucks by Alex Golub
- 2012.01.06. Take Action: Oppose H.R. 3699, a new bill to block public access to publicly funded research by Heather Joseph
- 2012.01.06. Open Government Research--or Maybe Private Ordering by Jim Harper
- 2012.01.07. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) sell out science by Mark Hoofnagle
- 2012.01.07. Research Works Act H.R.3699: The Private Publishing Tail Trying To Wag The Public Research Dog, Yet Again by Stevan Harnad
- 2012.01.07. Threat Of Job Loss As Motivation For Research Works Act: Real Or Fear-Mongering? by Heather Piwowar
- 2012.01.07. What *Should* The Publishers Lobby For? by Heather Piwowar
- 2012.01.07. You think peer review as currently implemented suck ? Wait till it is going to be the only way to publish by Igor Carron
- 2012.01.07. Our scientific societies need to quit the Association of American Publishers by Michael Eisen
- 2012.01.07. Public Access To Publicly Funded Research Should Stay Free and Open by Katy Gillivan
- 2012.01.07. Open Access and the Research Works Act by Bryan Pendleton
- 2012.01.07. Scientific publishing: "You buy the cow, then I'll sell you the milk."
- 2012.01.07. Research Works Act by Phillipe Ha-Vinh
- 2012.01.07. Research Works Act: Latest Congressional Lie about Helping Small Business by AnnMaria De Mars
- 2012.01.07. The Research Works Act would deny taxpayers access to federally funded research by Michelle Clement
- 2012.01.07. Stay vigilant by Krista Godfrey
- 2012.01.07. Copyright and Access to Taxpayer Funded Research by Eric Widera
- 2012.01.07. Research Works Act attacks data dissemination too by Heather Piwowar
- 2012.01.07. OPEN ACCESS TO PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH: PUBLISHERS ARE ACTING UP by Tom Olijhoek
- 2012.01.07. Watch where you donate your time by Peter Suber
- 2012.01.07. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) sell out science
- 2012.01.08. Contact Your Representative in Opposition to the Research Works Act by Rachel Walden
- 2012.01.08. Open Access needs better 'Government Relations' by Björn Brembs
- 2012.01.08. Elsevier under fire from American OA advocates
- 2012.01.08. IP Contributions to Scientific Papers by Publishers: An open letter to Rep Maloney and Issa by Cameron Neylon
- 2012.01.08. Ethical responsibilities of scientists: re proposed US federal legislation on open science by Rich Jorgensen
- 2012.01.08. Bill in US Congress to limit Open Access by Michael E. Smith
- 2012.01.08. Open Access Under Threat: HR 3699 by Christina Chew
- 2012.01.08. In which the Loon is a little verklempt by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.08. Research Works Act Wants to End Public Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research by Lana Bandoim
- 2012.01.08. Public Works Act Prohibits Government Funders from Requiring Open Access to USG Grant-Funded Research by Mike Palmedo
- 2012.01.09. How US intellectual property laws affect the rest of us, and what we can do about it by Deborah Fitchett
- 2012.01.09. Call to action: Oppose H.R. 3699 the "Research Works Act" by Annamaria Gotti
- 2012.01.09. Do your bit to oppose the evil Research Works Act by Mike Taylor
- 2012.01.09. Publishers Against the Dissemination of Research by The Annoyed Librarian
- 2012.01.09. The Research Works Act would deny taxpayers access to federally funded research
- 2012.01.09. Too Big to Know and the Research Works Act by Mike Ridley
- 2012.01.09. Open Access is a business by Elizabeth Brown
- 2012.01.09. Trying to roll back the clock on Open Access: Research Works Act introduced by Corey Williams
- 2012.01.09. Librarians, Open Access Advocates 'Vehemently Oppose' Research Works Act by Michael Kelley
- 2012.01.09. Taking on the jobs argument for the RWA by Peter Suber
- 2012.01.09. Elsevier editorial boards: The Journal of Academic Librarianship by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.09. Science Publishers Do Not "Produce": The Arrogance of the AAP by Mike the Mad Biologist
- 2012.01.09. Research Works Act (H.R. 3699) Threatens Open Access to Publicly Funded Research by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
- 2012.01.09. Bericht aus dem Open-Access-Krieg by Adrian Pohl
- 2012.01.09. Anti-Open Access Rises Again: A newly introduced bill that aims to block public access to publicly-funded research echoes similar bills that have been tried in the past by Bob Grant
- 2012.01.09. Thoughts on the Research Works Act by Marcus Banks
- 2012.01.09. Research Works Act by The Mad Librarian
- 2012.01.09. How and why two American representatives plan to make the free dissemination of scientific knowledge an illegal activity by Andrew C. Holmes
- 2012.01.09. How much does it cost to get a scientific paper?
- 2012.01.09. SOPA and the AAP: Dumb and Dumber? Publishers seek to crush open access in US Congress by Gaz
- 2012.01.09. Unfortunate: 'Open' Advocate Darrell Issa Sponsoring Bill That Will Close Off Open Access To Gov't Funded Research by Mike Masnick
- 2012.01.10. Your Action Needed to Protect Open Access! by Naty Hoffman
- 2012.01.10. The Research Works Act would deny taxpayers access to federally funded research by Politico Kattie
- 2012.01.10. Could an iTunes-like model work with scientific publishing? by Sandra Porter
- 2012.01.10. Another thought on strikes by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.10. Shoes and other feet by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.10. Research Bought, Then Paid For by Michael B. Eisen
- 2012.01.10. "Research Works Act" to legally solidify the share of federal funding for the 'scientific' contribution of publishing companies by Daniël P. Melters
- 2012.01.10. Publishers Back Bill to Ban Public Access Mandates to Federally Funded Research by Andrew Albanese
- 2012.01.10. Open Access Battles Return: Why the scientific community is absolutely up in arms this week by Shanon Fischer
- 2012.01.10. ACM's role in public policy by Alain Chesnais
- 2012.01.11. Elsevier editorial boards: Government Information Quarterly by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.11. Public Access to NIH-Funded Publications - Proposed "Research Works Act" Removes Requirement
- 2012.01.11. The Research Works Act Aims to Kill Open-Access Journals by David Banks
- 2012.01.11. Beware the Academic-Publishing Complex! by Nathan A. Schachtman
- 2012.01.11. ISCB to respond to Research Works Act (HR 3699) by Grant Jacobs
- 2012.01.11. US Research Works Act Proposal - a new approach to attack Open Access? by Sven Vlaeminck
- 2012.01.11. Open Access and the Origin of the Research University by Wayne Bivens-Tatum
- 2012.01.11. The Final Provocation
- 2012.01.11. The White House wants your thoughts on open access to scientific publications! Deadline January 12!
- 2012.01.11. The Research Works Act by Katie Ginnane
- 2012.01.11. The Advocacy of Scientists by Stephanie Zvan
- 2012.01.11. Response to RFI on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research by Heather Etchevers
- 2012.01.11. MIT Press distances itself from Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.11. Access to the literature: does interlibrary loan solve our problems? by Christina Pikas
- 2012.01.11. From MIT Press by Peter Suber
- 2012.01.11. Open Access Gets Some Mainstream Attention by David Bruggeman
- 2012.01.11. Bill Blocking NIH Public Access Policy Draws Fire by Jocelyn Kaiser
- 2012.01.11. Rep Darrell Issa - What Are You Thinking?!?! by The Captain
- 2012.01.11. Secrets of the Submarine Fish by Christopher McCracken
- 2012.01.12. The Concerned Librarian's Guide to the 2012 ALA Midwinter Exhibit Hall by Andy Woodworth
- 2012.01.12. DHS Monitoring Internet ... Er, So? by Bruce McQuain
- 2012.01.12. Writing on the Ether by Porter Anderson
- 2012.01.12. New Bill Would Put Taxpayer-Funded Science Behind Pay Walls by Lena Groeger
- 2012.01.12. ITHAKA becomes the second AAP member to disavow the Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.12. Pennsylvania State University Press says No to Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.12. ITHAKA Issues Public Statement Rejecting Research Works Act Legislation by Gary Price
- 2012.01.12. Research Works Act - seriously? by Michelle Greene
- 2012.01.12. Take Action for Open Access
- 2012.01.12. Research Works Act- Another Attack on Open Access
- 2012.01.12. Open knowledge saves lives. Oppose H.R. 3699! by Gilles Frydman
- 2012.01.12. Research Works Act: Outlawing Open Access
- 2012.01.12. Does the AAA Support or Oppose the Research Works Act? @AmericanAnthro by Jason Baird Jackson
- 2012.01.12. Call Your Congress Critter: The Research Works Act by drugmonkey
- 2012.01.12. CALL TO ACTION: Oppose H.R. 3699, a Bill to Block Public Access to Publicly Funded Research by Doug Newcomb
- 2012.01.12. The Research Works Act and the White House OSTP by Raymond Johnson
- 2012.01.13. Open access without anger by Zen Faulkes
- 2012.01.13. Open Letter to Johns Hopkins University Press, should publicly oppose the Research Works Act by Chris Maloney
- 2012.01.13. Can AAP Members stay neutral in the row over the Research Works Act? by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.13. Open Letter to OUP; request to repudiate H.R.3699 and Research Works Act by Peter Murray-Rust
- 2012.01.13. Plagiarist or Puppet? US Rep. Carolyn Maloney's reprehensible defense of Elsevier's Research Works Act by Michael Eisen
- 2012.01.13. Eisen Busts Rep Carolyn Maloney parroting Elsevier Publishing's defense of the Research Works Act by Mark Hoofnagle
- 2012.01.13. Research Works Act - H.R. 3699 by Chad Nilep
- 2012.01.13. Entering the Fray by David Loeb
- 2012.01.13. Support for AAP's support of RWA a mixture of outrage and intimidation
- 2012.01.13. Columbia Libraries Responds to White House OSTP
- 2012.01.13. University of California Press differs from AAP on Research Works Act
- 2012.01.14. Stop HR3699; The Open Access movement needs to get ACTIVE; the Scholarly Poor already do by Peter Murray-Rust
- 2012.01.14. HR3699 and SOPA restrictions hit Small businesses by Peter Murray-Rust
- 2012.01.14. Adding value to Sci...*cough* Congress (Or, You Buy the Cow, Episode 2)
- 2012.01.14. Library organizations unanimous: Oppose H.R. 3699, The Research Works Act
- 2012.01.14. On sharing research and the value of peer-review: Mendeley's response to #SOPA and the Research Works Act by William Gunn
- 2012.01.14. Congress' Intervention In Scientific Publishing by Kathryn Muratore
- 2012.01.15. Open Access featured twice on English Wikipedia homepage today by Daniel Mietchen
- 2012.01.16. Innovate, Don't Legislate by Barry Graubart
- 2012.01.16. Open access v. The Research Works Act by Pat Tully
- 2012.01.16. Copyright Alliances welcomes US bill overturning free access to publicly funded research
- 2012.01.16. Academic publishers have become the enemies of science by Mike Taylor
- 2012.01.16. From the Public Affairs Committee - January 16th 2012 by University of Chicago BSD Postdoctoral Association
- 2012.01.16. JSTOR Opens Up A Little On Public Research And Congress Wants To Close It Down A Lot by Mark Giangrande
- 2012.01.16. Elsevier = evil by PZ Myers
- 2012.01.16. Cockroaches and the Research Works Act by Timothy Birdnow
- 2012.01.16. Mistruths, Insults from the Copyright Lobby Over HR 3699 by Kevin Zelnio
- 2012.01.17. Research Works Act: Cambridge University Press expands on its position by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.17. The Library as Aquarium, or, The SOPA Post
- 2012.01.17. Stop The US Research Works Act by Contrarian
- 2012.01.17. Wikipedia to shut down for 24 hours by Deborah Fitchett
- 2012.01.17. Wikipedia joins internet blackout; watch out for the Research Works Act by Joshua Preston
- 2012.01.17. Taxpayer funded research by Scott D-S
- 2012.01.17. Down With the Research Works Act by Derek Lowe
- 2012.01.17. Research Works Act: Cambridge University Press expands on its position by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.17. Research Work Act vies for worst legislative proposal of the session by Jon M. Garon
- 2012.01.17. Wikipedia joins internet blackout; watch out for the Research Works Act by Joshua Preston
- 2012.01.17. The question is not 'does' but 'can' by Alex Golub
- 2012.01.17. Research Works Act by Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi
- 2012.01.17. Lathered Up About SOPA, RWA, and More by MS Levine
- 2012.01.18. Guest Post: What Happens if We Call for a Boycott and No One Shows Up? by Michael S. Rosenberg
- 2012.01.18. No To The US Research Works Act by Pan Pantziarka
- 2012.01.18. AnimalGarden against SOPA and RWA/HR3699 by Peter Murray-Rust
- 2012.01.18. Freedom of Crappy Information by Patrick Johnstone
- 2012.01.18. Economics is an Open Science by Stephen Williamson
- 2012.01.18. Research Works Act in Name Only by Matt Davis
- 2012.01.18. AHCJ opposes taking taxpayer-funded research out of public's reach by Pia Christensen
- 2012.01.18. Nature Publishing Group, Digital Science and Palgrave joint statement on proposed SOPA and PIPA legislation in the U.S.
- 2012.01.18. SOPA, the Research Works Act, and Relative Evil by Jamie A. Headdon
- 2012.01.18. I'm on peer review strike! by Gavin Simpson
- 2012.01.18. Digital Destruction in Scientific Publishing: Why This Scientist Supports the Research Works Act (HR 3699) by Rich Apodaca
- 2012.01.18. Research Works Act (US) seeks to curtail open access
- 2012.01.18. Is It Hyperbole To Say That The US Research Works Act Is the Greatest Threat To Academic Publishing and The Open Access Movement? by Michael J. Parry
- 2012.01.18. Nature Publishing Group and Digital Science do not support the Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.19. The Research Works Act: One (Two!) Against and One For by Derek Lowe
- 2012.01.19. Pay-walling science you already bought
- 2012.01.19. On Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications by Amanda French
- 2012.01.19. Thursday Morning Vamp and the Research Work Act Atrocity by riverdaughter
- 2012.01.20. Why it Shouldn't Matter Whether the Research Works Act Passes or Not by David Cox
- 2012.01.20. An Open Letter to Michael Keller by Kelly Zalocusky
- 2012.01.20. The Research Works Act by Ben Webster
- 2012.01.20. Nature Publishing Group - supports scholarship, not Research Works Act, SOPA or PIPA! by Heather Morrison
- 2012.01.20. Oppose The Research Works Act
- 2012.01.20. The most corrupt Congress ever? by Michael Barton
- 2012.01.20. Copyright and the Internet by Richard Baron
- 2012.01.20. The Research Works Act: Is It Time For a Rally To Restore Sanity? by David Crotty
- 2012.01.20. The Research Works Act: An inexcusable assault on open access and on science by Abby Tabor
- 2012.01.20. BioMed Central opposes Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.20. Library of Congress neutral on the Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.20. How the Society for Cultural Anthropology is Speaking Out About the Research Works Act #RWA by Jason Baird Jackson
- 2012.01.21. Elsevier -- my part in its downfall by Timothy Gowers
- 2012.01.21. Research Works Act: Public Access to taxpayer funded research (not) by Bryan Heidorn
- 2012.01.21. Springer Statement on the US Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.22. Should Research Be More Freely Available?
- 2012.01.22. Cameron Neylon at Semantic Physical Science; Software philosophy, why the RWA is wrong, and how we change the publishing market by Peter Murray-Rust
- 2012.01.22. The Research Works Act: Two more dissenters by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.22. Who Gets to See Published Research? Opponents of a proposed bill say it would work against the open exchange of ideas by Jennifer Howard
- 2012.01.23. Should you boycott academic publishers? by Daniel Lemire
- 2012.01.23. Five Things to Do Instead of Protesting the Research Works Act (HR 3699) by Rich Apodaca
- 2012.01.23. What should we do? by Lance Fortnow
- 2012.01.24. Come On In, the Water's Fine by marge Loch-Wouters
- 2012.01.24. Call for withdrawal of labour from publishers in favour of the US Research Works Act by Heather Morrison
- 2012.01.24. No Science for You!
- 2012.01.24. Letter from American Association of Law Libraries,
American Library Association, Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries,
Association of College and Research Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Creative Commons, Greater Western Library Alliance, Public Knowledge,
Public Library of Science and SPARC
- 2012.01.25. Selected Reading on Research Works Act - Why You Should Care? by Katarina Lovrecic
- 2012.01.25. MIT Press First to Distance Itself from Publisher Association over by Ellen Duranceau
- 2012.01.25. Some Associations, Scholars Protest Bill That Would Curb Public Access to Research by Jennifer Howard
- 2012.01.25. Opposition to Research Works Act by Michael Bérubé
- 2012.01.25. Research Works Act by Andrew Walker
- 2012.01.25. Research Works Act and Free Access to Journal Articles by Cheryl Cheatham.
- 2012.01.26. Elsevier needs to get out more by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.26. Nature's shiny sounding copout on open access by Michael Eisen
- 2012.01.26. Library Groups and Open-Access Advocates Speak Out Against Bill
- 2012.01.26. Goodbye Elsevier, Goodbye Tet Lett etc by Mat Todd
- 2012.01.26. Elsevier's economic case is lacking by Joshua Gans
- 2012.01.26. SOPA's Killer Cousin You've Probably Never Heard About by Abdulrahman El-Sayed
- 2012.01.26. Boycott Elsevier! by Scott Aaronson
- 2012.01.26. Friends Don't Let Friends by Doctor Science
- 2012.01.26. The cost of knowledge by Terence Tao
- 2012.01.26. HR 3699 Research Works Act by Jamie Sommer
- 2012.01.26. Librarians Oppose Research Works Act HR3699 by Betsy McKenzie
- 2012.01.26. ALA Council III by Ronald S. Russ
- 2012.01.26. Friends Really Don't Let Friends Publish in Elsevier Journals by Henry Farrell
- 2012.01.26. On dealing with high prices of academic journals by Eric Schliesser
- 2012.01.26. Ban Elsevier by John Carlos Baez
- 2012.01.27. Branding academic publishers 'enemies of science' is offensive and wrong by Graham Taylor
- 2012.01.27. A small bill in the US, a giant impact for research worldwide by Danny Kinglsey
- 2012.01.27. The "Research Works Act" Is A Distraction That Works by Bjorn Brembs
- 2012.01.27. The cost of knowledge by Aaron Clauset
- 2012.01.27. Who will shelter the "shitasse" society journals? by Drugmonkey
- 2012.01.27. Occupy Elsevier by Eli Rabett
- 2012.01.28. Elsevier's Publishing Model Might be About to Go Up in Smoke by Tim Worstall
- 2012.01.28. The Research Works Act: a damaging threat to science by The Lancet
- 2012.01.28. Scientific Community to Elsevier: Drop Dead
- 2012.01.28. Why I chose to decline an invitation to review by Elsevier by Stephen Curry
- 2012.01.28. The behemoth stirs by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.29. Invasion of the Internet body Snatchers by Shane Greenstein
- 2012.01.29. Take a stand against Elsevier
- 2012.01.29. What's wrong with electronic journals? by Timothy Gowers
- 2012.01.30. The Arxiv Is Not a Journal by Chad Orzel
- 2012.01.30. Testify: The Open-Science Movement Catches Fire by David Dobbs
- 2012.01.30. ASPB Does Not Endorse the Research Works Act
- 2012.01.30. Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics by Josh Fischman
- 2012.01.30. It should have been us by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.30. Elsevier Boycott Over Price, Business Practice and SOPA by Joe Atzberger
- 2012.01.30. 1000 scientists and counting boycott Elsevier journal publishing
- 2012.01.30. Boycott Elsevier by Sean Carroll
- 2012.01.30. The Other Side
- 2012.01.30. 1000 scientists and counting boycott Elsevier journal publishing
- 2012.01.30. Why I am boycotting Elsevier by Economic Logician
- 2012.01.30. The boycott Elsevier movement by Tyler Cowen
- 2012.01.30. Lists of Elsevier journals to boycott by Rosie Redfield
- 2012.01.30. Boycotting Elsevier is not enough - time to make them invisible (UPDATED/RETRACTED) by Jonathan Eisen
- 2012.01.30. Academic publication boycott by Luis Apiolaza
- 2012.01.31. Scientists and scholars boycott Elsevier over bad business practices and copyright maximalism by Cory Doctorow
- 2012.01.31. The Cost of Knowledge - Boycotting Elsevier by David Levinson
- 2012.01.31. Society Journals and the Research Works Act by Benoit Bruneau
- 2012.01.31. The inevitability of free? The inevitability of open access? (Part 1) by Gary F. Daught
- 2012.01.31. Why boycott Elsevier? by Kevin Smith, J.D.
- 2012.01.31. The Research Works Act: Intellectual Property v. Open Access by Jessica Lamb
- 2012.01.31. The Research Works Act: the scientific researcher's SOPA (minus the Wikipedia megaphone) by Brian Rowe
- 2012.01.31. Guest post: Society Journals and the Research Works Act by Benoit Bruneau
- 2012.02.01. AIA Comes out in Favor of the Research Works Act by John Muccigrosso
- 2012.02.01. There is Strength in Numbers, But is There Also Change?
- 2012.02.01. Elsevier Journal Boycott Takes Center Stage with Scholars by Luisa Cywinski
- 2012.02.01. Scientists Fight For Open Access For Research by Kristina Chew
- 2012.02.01. Higher ed news tidbits - from around the world and the web by Melonie Fullick
- 2012.02.01. ACRL Joins Letter Opposing Research Works Act by Kara Malenfant
- 2012.02.01. Anthropology Blogs Respond to AAA on Open Access
- 2012.02.01. Elsevier Boycott, My Thoughts by Michelle Kraft
- 2012.02.01. Why this #AAAfail is Epic- How the American Anthropology Association is throwing the public under the bus and killing books for no good reason!
- 2012.02.01. Comfort is the death knell of academia: why I'm standing down as a journal referee by Matthew Todd
- 2012.02.01. Why Stop with Elsevier? by The Annoyed Librarian
- 2012.02.01. AIA Comes out in Favor of the Research Works Act by John Muccigrosso
- 2012.02.02. Hiding the costs of information by Bonnie Swoger
- 2012.02.02. MLA/AAHSL Oppose Research Works Act
- 2012.02.02. Academic publishing - are the winds of change starting to blow? by Siouxsie Wiles
- 2012.02.02. The Open Access Interviews: Jan Velterop by Richard Poynder
- 2012.02.02. The Battle Has Begun by Neil Godfrey
- 2012.02.02. Occupy Elsevier by Steven Harris
- 2012.02.02. Mysteries of the Elsevier Boycott by Rick Anderson
- 2012.02.02. AIP's Position on the Research Works Act (HR 3699)
- 2012.02.02. Tiptoeing Toward the Tipping Point by Barbara Fister
- 2012.02.02. Scientists sign petition to boycott academic publisher Elsevier: Cost of Knowledge petition criticises 'exorbitantly high' price of Elsevier's scientific journals and the publisher's 'huge profits' by Alison Flood
- 2012.02.02. Abstract thoughts about online review systems by Timothy Gowers
- 2012.02.03. The Research Works Act and the breakdown of mutual incomprehension by Cameron Neylon
- 2012.02.03. You are Elsevier: time to overcome our fears and kill subscription journals by Michael Eisen
- 2012.02.03. Is the Open Science Revolution For Real? by David Dobbs
- 2012.02.03. A Couple of Points about the Elsevier Response by Wayne Bivens-Tatum
- 2012.02.03. The Exciting World of Research Information by Chrysanne Lowe
- 2012.02.03. WTF, AAA?
- 2012.02.03. RWA in the shadows of SOPA/PIPA
- 2012.02.03. Academic Publishing and The Free and Easy Movement of Information by John R. Austin
- 2012.02.03. Trolling for stats, other science journal shenanigans by Richard Brenneman
- 2012.02.03. Academic publishing is a racket by Nicola Griffith
- 2012.02.03. Academic E-Books: Innovation and Transition by Peter Brantley
- 2012.02.04. The price of information: Academics are starting to boycott a big publisher of journals
- 2012.02.04. Some dinosaurs survived as birds: Changes scholarly publishing must face if it wants to live in the online environment by Gary F. Daught
- 2012.02.04. The Elsevier Boycott by Roberto C. Alamino
- 2012.02.04. American Anthropological Association Changes Opposition to Open Access - Plus a Proposal to Do More by Daniel Lende
- 2012.02.05. Is scientific publishing broken? What can you do to help fix it? by Darren L Dahly
- 2012.02.05. More reasons to support the Elsevier boycott by Doug Arnold
- 2012.02.06. CGA Action Request (2-6-12) -- Research Works Act sign-on letter
- 2012.02.06. The Cost of Knowledge
- 2012.02.06. A Message to the Research Community: Elsevier, Access, and the Research Works Act (Statement from Elsevier)
- 2012.02.06. Network Enabled Research: Maximise scale and connectivity, minimise friction by Cameron Neylon
- 2012.02.06. Academics Revolt Against Elsevier's Journal Pricing by Robert Andrews
It's worth watching pretty well everthing Peter Suber is writing on this issue on Google+.
Of course, if I've missed any, please let me know in the comments. In particular, if there are any important posts or articles I've missed on the Elsevier boycott, please let me know. This has become a very large list. If I've doubled up on something or picked up something at a content scraper instead of the original location, please let me know so I can fix it.
For those that are interested, I'm using this Google Doc as a scratch file to hold links in between updates.
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