tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587132667297388883.post7915987809441386039..comments2024-01-06T20:44:42.605-09:00Comments on Mammoth Tales: Open access isn't the same as free access (#scio10)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587132667297388883.post-38451013758759985882010-01-22T02:40:17.948-09:002010-01-22T02:40:17.948-09:00Seconding @nshepherd! As a professional who is NOT...Seconding @nshepherd! As a professional who is NOT affiliated with a university, this is a frustration for me, too. One of the things I like to do on my blog is research reviews, but I am limited to journals that are completely open-access or to which I have paid for a subscription (the latter group currently comprises one journal: Science). I read others' reviews of interesting research, or Kate Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310946729141466547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587132667297388883.post-49583466162881966382010-01-21T16:20:12.071-09:002010-01-21T16:20:12.071-09:00In terms of conference affiliation, there's no...In terms of conference affiliation, there's no reason why an individual couldn't put a piece of paper with a blog handle in a plastic badge holder and add it to the official conference paraphenalia.<br /><br />On the cost and institutional access thing, you're absolutely right, but I suspect this will sort itself out in about ten years (or, if I'm wrong, it'll all go to hell Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587132667297388883.post-19057451230838773842010-01-21T15:10:43.743-09:002010-01-21T15:10:43.743-09:00Thanks so much for a well written and interesting ...Thanks so much for a well written and interesting commentary post conference. I'm not sure I heard a solution to the issue of how to give open access when it's obviously expensive to provide such. Do authors of scientific articles retain the right to send that article to others if it is specifically requested from them? (Remember the paper postcards that we used to receive from those @nshepherdnoreply@blogger.com