Comments on: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Takes Big Open Access Step

By: Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » HHMI on Science 2.0: Information Revolution

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:37:58 +0000

[...] Howard Hughes Medical Institute does great things for science and for open science. They have an excellent article in their HHMI Bulletin – Science 2.0: You Say You Want a [...]

By: CuriousCat » Harvard Liberal Arts Faculty Votes to Make Their Research Open Source

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:48:22 +0000

Another good step for those that support science. As I have stated publicly funded universities should require open access. Privately funded universities I believe should decide to do so also, but it should be their choice…

By: CuriousCat: Open Access Legislation May Be Included in HHS Budget Bill

CuriousCat: Open Access Legislation May Be Included in HHS Budget Bill — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:17:11 +0000

The opponents of open science are lobbying to keep scientific research funded by taxpayers unavailable to the public. As I have said before it is time to stop supporting those who attempt to stop scientific progress…. This legislation would bring openness to federal research in a similar manner to the steps taken by HHMI…

By: CuriousCat: Science Journal Publishers Stay Stupid

CuriousCat: Science Journal Publishers Stay Stupid — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:00:05 +0000

“It is time for the scientific community to give up on these journals and work with new organizations that will encourage scientific communication and advancement (PLoS – arXiv.org…) and leave those that seek to keep outdated practices to go out of business…”