[Open-access] Introducing: Who Needs Access? You Need Access!

Fri Feb 17 05:34:13 UTC 2012

Thanks Mike!

I'm getting asked for a login...not sure if anyone else is having that
problem but would you mind checking the settings?

Thanks very much!

Jenny

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Mike Taylor <mike at indexdata.com> wrote:

> Folks, I mentioned on the EtherPad the other day that I have been
> working on a site to highlight the problem of what Peter Has called
> "The Scholarly Poor".  I think we need something bold and clear that
> doesn't go into too much technical detail, and that provides a lot of
> personal stories that people can relate to.
>
> I'm now ready to unveil PRIVATELY (i.e. only to this group) the
> embryonic site, which is at
>        http://youneedaccess.wordpress.com/
>
> Please take a look around -- there is not much content yet, but I
> think probably just enough to show how it will work.  Each new
> interview/profile will be posted as part of the "Latest News" stream,
> and also be linked from the category list on the right and on the home
> page.  Aside from these main articles, I don't envisage much more on
> the site: just the home page, the About page and probably a FAQ.  I
> think we should probably avoid using it as a forum for writing about
> related issues ourselves and keep it tightly focussed.
>
> I am looking a few things:
>
> 1. Comments, criticism, suggestions.  You can leave these as comments
> on the pages of the site, or email me (or this group) if you prefer.
> 2. A sense of whether this is more or less what we all intended, and
> so whether the site can be part of @ccess.
> 3. Other people to join me in maintaining the site: we should really
> have three or more editors to give the sense of a group.
> 4. Ideas of who to interview.  [At the moment, the two "interviews" on
> the site are faked up from comments made in email and on blogs, and
> found on websites.  They will need to be redone or replaced before we
> go public.]
>
> Enjoy!
>        -- Mike.
>
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