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

Fri Feb 17 08:37:33 UTC 2012

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:42 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 am looking a few things:
>
> >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

I think it is perfect

> .
> >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.
>
count me in

> .>.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.]
>
I have asked Willem Proonen who runs an medical educational sevice company
targeted on Africa to bring me into contact with people. Also I can make a
call for stories on the MalariaWorld website

>
> Enjoy!
>        -- Mike.
>
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