[Open-access] Website up and running!

Mon Feb 20 08:40:16 UTC 2012

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Daniel Mietchen <
> daniel.mietchen at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> If you need images, what about featuring the Open Access File of the
>> Day from Wikimedia Commons?
>> It's available via
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Open_Access_File_of_the_Day
>> , and I am currently looking into ways of providing RSS feeds for it.
>>
>>
> Brilliant idea.
> One of the great things that @ccess could do is to aggregate (directly or
> through links) material that can be reused. Thus if I need a picture of a
> mosquito biting something I can just go there and find it.
>
> There is an obvious synergy with Wikimedia. One thing we can probably do
> is extract images from feeds of Open scientific information (such as Open
> access journals, government reports, etc.). We'll probably have to label
> these manually (though I can see certain areas using image processing) and
> then use faceted searching and browsing.
>

we could make a page on the @ccess website with a search gallery of
available pictures that we aggregate and links to other places like
wikimedia

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>
> Until that happens,
>>
>> https://toolserver.org/~magnus/catfood.php?language=commons&project=wikimedia&category=Open+access+%28publishing%29&depth=23&namespace=6&user=&size=300&last=100&doit=Do+it<https://toolserver.org/%7Emagnus/catfood.php?language=commons&project=wikimedia&category=Open+access+%28publishing%29&depth=23&namespace=6&user=&size=300&last=100&doit=Do+it>
>> provides a feed of files from OA sources that have recently been
>> uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Jenny Molloy <jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Tom - I think you uploaded the picture?
>> > I would encourage people to upload appropriate and relevant PD images
>> to the
>> > website Media Library once you have your login and we can have a
>> (slowly)
>> > rotating gallery on the launch page.
>> >
>> > I can sort the CC-BY button
>> >
>> > Jenny
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Klaus Graf <klausgraf at googlemail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> The first thing we should do on the website is to put a cc-by button on
>> >> it.
>> >>
>> >> What's with the picture on the top? Is it PD?
>> >>
>> >> Klaus
>> >>
>> >> 2012/2/17 Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com>:
>> >> > Hi all,
>> >> >
>> >> > For the website.
>> >> >  What about the idea to coin the term @ccess principle(s)  for a
>> webpage
>> >> > describing our purposes and definition of @ccess. We would have to
>> ask
>> >> > John
>> >> > Willinsky evidently.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org
>> >
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi all,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> A basic website is now up and running at http://access.okfn.org/.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It seemed simplest to create the site on the OKFN blogfarm in the
>> first
>> >> >> instance. I'm not an expert with domain names and re-directs, but
>> I'm
>> >> >> happy
>> >> >> for that url to be changed/linked elsewhere as  appropriate.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> To edit, you first need to request privileges from me. (Jenny, Peter
>> >> >> and
>> >> >> Tom O. already have them). Drop me an email with your username on
>> the
>> >> >> okfn
>> >> >> site (register at okfn.org/register if you don't already have one)
>> and
>> >> >> I
>> >> >> will give you admin privileges. To add/edit content, you then simply
>> >> >> log-in
>> >> >> at access.okfn.org/wp-admin.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The site is functional, but it would be great to make it sharper,
>> >> >> clearer
>> >> >> and more comprehensive over the next couple of weeks. Thanks to
>> >> >> everyone who
>> >> >> joined the sprint today, we made a great start!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Kind regards,
>> >> >> Laura
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
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>> >> >>
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