Bonjour, (intentionally in French) An economist collegue, Joëlle Farchy, is co-editor of a special issue of a French sociology journal (publishing in French only). The topic of this issue is free scientific publication (I am not sure whether she means something other than open access).
She is interested in finding a contributor for a fairly short piece analyzing goggle scolar, its uses or misuses, or contrasting it with other way of finding scholarly articles. Also, what (algorithmic) techniques do they use to query the web and how does it differ from or improve (?) upon a simple use of the general purpose search engine (like the standard Goggle). It should be about 10 to 20 000 characters (spaces included) and written in French. I thought someone in these forum might be interested in contributing, or might know someone who is and can do it. She can be contacted at Joelle FARCHY <joelle.far...@univ-paris1.fr> It seems to me that the issue she is preparing may contribute to make open access better known. She has already significantly contributed to a better understanding of open access in France, though not through our usual channels. Do not write back to me : I will be off-line for some time. Thank you for helping. Cordialement Bernard Lang -- Après la bulle Internet, la bulle financière ... Et bientôt la bulle des brevets http://www.strategie.gouv.fr/revue/IMG/pdf/article_HS7RL2.pdf http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-kahin/the-patent-bubble_b_129232.html la gestion des catastrophes comme principe de gouvernement bernard.l...@inria.fr ,_ /\o \o/ Tel +33 1 3963 5644 http://bat8.inria.fr/~lang/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fax +33 1 3963 5469 INRIA / B.P. 105 / 78153 Le Chesnay CEDEX / France Je n'exprime que mon opinion - I express only my opinion