NATURE wants eighteen bucks to download Bob's article. I wonder how many
have ponied up? I wonder if these "dudes" have ever heard of pricing theory
(it's a helluva lot easier to find a million suckers with a buck than one
sucker with a million). Ironic, eh? Data sharing, si! Paper sharing depends
on how badly one wants to read or scan the paper. Libraries used to be
"free" (tax-supported or supported by other functions). Now that there is a
MUCH cheaper alternative (Internet) to clay-paper publishing, the Big
Journals look upon downloads as a "profit-center." There is no "passing
forward" of the economies, but there is a hustling and a-gouging.
WT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anon." <bob.oh...@helsinki.fi>
To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 5:53 AM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Data sharing in ecology
Hej!
Last week Nature published a special feature on data sharing
(http://www.nature.com/news/specials/datasharing/index.html). it was
mostly about other areas of science, but I think the problem of how to
equitably share data is present in ecology too. SO, I blogged some
thoughts:
<http://network.nature.com/people/boboh/blog/2009/09/14/data-sharing-some-ramblings>
I'm coming at this from the perspective of someone who wants to use the
data, and I'd be interested in hearing other views - particularly from
people who generate data on the problems associated with free access.
All comments are welcome, preferably on my blog (just to keep the
discussions in one place).
Bob
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