CWB members may be interested in my blogpost, Necessity is the mother of invention: open access, the developing world, and the cost-efficient solution. My point is that scientists in the developing world have far more incentive to seek cost-effective solutions than scientists in the developed world; therefore, we in the developed world can benefit cost-wise …
Many thanks to CWB members who have inquired about how to support the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006. Here is an easy – and fun – way to do this! Simply write a quick note of thanks and congratulations to the Senators for introducing this bill. We all tend to ignore our political …
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This interests me greatly. Video Game Aims To Engage Students I’ve been thinking about this kind of thing for a long time. Imagine a video game, of the type popular today, where saving the world required objects or characters to acquire certain attributes of chemical, historical, literary nature, for example. An atom seeks to acquire …
Senators Cornyn and Lieberman yesterday introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act. If passed, this bill will mean free access to the results of research funded by 11 U.S. federal agencies for everyone – no later than 6 months after publication. The following agencies would be included: Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of …
Here is a follow up to the Water Day post. ELMO
Straight from the press: AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Termites wouldn’t like the house that Mike Mercier has built. Mercier built his house out of concrete — 85 yards of it. From the outside, the new 2,300-square-foot ranch-style home doesn’t look a lot different from most. The basement and foot-thick exterior walls are made of concrete …
Here are Bego’s notes from the most recent conference call: I will add my notes when I have a minute. ELMO
Two of my recent blogposts may be of interest to CWB members: Open Access: Transformative Change. An Open Letter to the President and Members of the American Chemical Society. In brief, the President of ACS has written a letter to members, suggesting that open access is not meaningful change. This blogpost points to the transformative …
A few things to think about on Water Day: Should the water supply be privatized? See this story. (Note: SF water comes from Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite…) (Sorry, link broken… I’ll fix when I have time):http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/22/BAG33HS4DG1.DTL ELMO