They said:
"if you publish "pub's commercial know "limited space on the page "we have always done "what is ought to be But in, PLoS chimed, "The authors we'll dunn "the new Open Access "with the previous method "the cash it did flow "It's all in the model "Open Access is true "they can keep their closed access
in an open forum
your paper'd be rubbish
and clearly hokum"
how to review with the peerage,
how to make data flow
and hurdles clearage"
with every new edition
so few make the passage,
it's editorial selection!"
and it's never been changed
the readers we dunn
and the paper's in chains"
why change it now
it is so plain to see
must limit the flow"
and challenged that dragon
everyone joined
and the boycott was on
when funding provides
we'll have much more fun
when all readers can chide"
to everyone's work
can be the new praxis
and everyone's perk"
the work was all gratis
publishers prod
to maintain their status"
to the publishers coffers
we were covered with snow
from ingenuous offers"
be it business or open
pub's whine and they yodel
but their way is broken"
for me and for you
the pub's they be blue
but it's now, and it's new"
and journals galore
but we've a new process
that we'll use ever more. "
Open access matters to me because it is one of the pillars of the new world of the 21st century. It is the democratization of information. I've been aware of Open Access since before it existed, as I've always thought this is how it should be done. Research should be provided in an Open Access format (with no or only very minimal delays) because we expect society to support, through government, private funding, and free-riding on corporate profits, this research. It is not our research. To support Open Access, I blog about it, and my next paper will be submitted to an Open Access journal.
Gotta go .... need to work on paper...
Other Open Access Day posts are listed here.
Comments
In some circles "blog" has a sort of bad connotation. But I think "those circles" are missing the big picture, ... and missing the boat. Great blog by the way!
Posted by: Robert V Sobczak | October 14, 2008 6:11 PM
WIN!!!1! Move over, Cuttlefish..... a challenger appears!
Posted by: Mad Hussein LOLscientist, FCD | October 14, 2008 10:11 PM
A poem for writers:
Read it!
read again your Words
a Stranger to Yourself, with Best Intentions
discover the Relationships
Unintended Offspring, Orphan Facts
and Broken Promises
sleep on it
your Unmade Bed
let Dreams come, welcome Serendipity
avoid Pointless Flirtation
acknowledge Friends and Sources
Contradiction and Failure
can make You strong
face Them fairly, use Them well
Respect may foster
Unexpected Resolutions
imagine Future Readers
be remembered well, if at all
find your Own Way, with Words
then read it, again, and again
before The Letting Go
P. J. Matthews, Kawasaki, Japan, 2.1.2002
Posted by: Peter Matthews | October 23, 2008 9:54 PM