On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
But really, this is extortionate, and it's in no-one else's interests,
because the chances of someone paying $34 for an old article on such
an obscure issue are slim to vanishing, so the only consequence of the
high
On 13 September 2011 11:27, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
But really, this is extortionate, and it's in no-one else's interests,
because the chances of someone paying $34 for an old article on such
an
On 13/09/2011 16:25, Carcharoth wrote:
I have bought expensive academic books in the past, but never actual
published PhD theses. I would expect someone to rewrite, extend and
expand on their PhD thesis to make it suitable for a wider readership
before publishing it and expecting people to
I have bought expensive academic books in the past, but never actual
published PhD theses. I would expect someone to rewrite, extend and
expand on their PhD thesis to make it suitable for a wider readership
before publishing it and expecting people to buy it. Many of the books
I've bought
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 09:25, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
I've never understood how academic publishers view these issues. I
have friends who had their PhDs published by their university presses
-- at
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote:
I've registered for this service and am downloading a thesis:
Queen Victoria : the monarch and the media 1837-1867
I have agreed to terms and conditions which provide that my copy is only
for personal or educational
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net
wrote:
I've registered for this service and am downloading a thesis:
Queen Victoria : the monarch and the media 1837-1867
I have agreed to terms and conditions which provide that my copy is
only
for personal or
On 12 September 2011 00:18, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote:
Ah, I thought it might have been a reference to Greg, but I did
harbour a slight hope that the shade of James Clerk Maxwell might have
been involved as well. Do you have a link to any news articles where
JSTOR and
On 11/09/2011 22:08, David Gerard wrote:
On 11 September 2011 22:07, David Gerarddger...@gmail.com wrote:
Greg put the lot up on BitTorrent and wrote an eloquent message which
more or less says Come on if you think you're hard enough.
(To be precisely, the pre-1923 stuff that is
On 12 September 2011 10:50, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Given the dominant place JSTOR occupies in the sphere of reliable
sources, we are singularly fortunate (on a strategic view) that their
response has been eirenic.
I would have been surprised if they had
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:56 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist
That's an interesting article (not read the other ones yet). I
actually got a job offer from an academic publisher around 11 years
ago
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 08:40, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:56 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist
That's an interesting article (not read the other ones
I read the FAQ and noticed this:
Making the Early Journal Content freely available is something we
have planned to do for some time. It is not a direct reaction to the
Swartz and Maxwell situation, but recent events did have an impact on
our planning.
Anyone know what that is about?
Carcharoth
I read the FAQ and noticed this:
Making the Early Journal Content freely available is something we
have planned to do for some time. It is not a direct reaction to the
Swartz and Maxwell situation, but recent events did have an impact on
our planning.
Anyone know what that is about?
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote:
I read the FAQ and noticed this:
Making the Early Journal Content freely available is something we
have planned to do for some time. It is not a direct reaction to the
Swartz and Maxwell situation, but recent events
On 11 September 2011 22:05, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote:
Maxwell is ours, see
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikisource/en/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_Royal_Society_Journals
I don't see the connection
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 10:07 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 11 September 2011 22:05, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote:
Maxwell is ours, see
Will this be accessible to individuals without access to a subscribed
institution? I've lost my access to JSTOR ever since I graduated in May.
Bob
On 9/9/2011 2:20 PM, Andrew Gray wrote:
The announcement is a few days old, but I missed it (and it doesn't
seem to have turned up on the lists
On 10 September 2011 16:14, Bob the Wikipedian
bobthewikiped...@gmail.com wrote:
Will this be accessible to individuals without access to a subscribed
institution? I've lost my access to JSTOR ever since I graduated in May.
That is indeed the plan, it seems. Post-1870/1922 material will still
The second two links work for guest users; the first requires
institutional subscription. Looks like pamphlets must not be included
for whatever reason.
Bob
On 9/10/2011 12:48 PM, Andrew Gray wrote:
On 10 September 2011 16:14, Bob the Wikipedian
bobthewikiped...@gmail.com wrote:
Will this
According to their announcement not all material has been released yet.
It will be available in stages.
I was able to access an article in Science from May, 1910 which was quite
useful. It is footnote 2 in the article, San Luis Valley
Fred
The second two links work for guest users; the first
Regardless of how long it will take them, this is exciting news! Thanks
for sharing, Andrew!
Bob
On 9/10/2011 2:53 PM, Fred Bauder wrote:
According to their announcement not all material has been released yet.
It will be available in stages.
I was able to access an article in Science from
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