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

Fri Feb 17 07:23:51 UTC 2012

I think documented cases both of lack of access and ideally documented cases of what can happen when there is access. We need validated stories that we can tell about this as well as numbers and arguments. I think this is a great idea!

Cheers

Cameron

On 17 Feb 2012, at 01:42, Mike Taylor 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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