[Open-access] I think "Who Needs Access?" is ready to go

Mon Feb 20 08:48:45 UTC 2012

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Mike Taylor <mike at indexdata.com> wrote:

> On 20 February 2012 08:36, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> >> Well, we have lift-off!  I have removed the Do Not Index instruction
> >> from the site, tweeted it:
> >>        https://twitter.com/#!/SauropodMike/status/171403113230647296
> >> and briefly blogged it on Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week:
> >>
> >>
> http://svpow.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/a-new-site-who-needs-access-you-need-access/
> >>
> >> I would appreciate it someone could add a link from the main @ccess
> >> site.  Also if those of you who blog could blog about it, and those of
> >> you who tweet could tweet about it.
> >
> > Laura and I will announce it at CambGeeknight
>
> Excellent!
>
> > I am SO delighted how well and quickly this has worked out. We originally
> > spent just over a week in offlist mails and then ideas started
> > crystallising, especially that we should DO something, that we would
> address
> > the positive rather than niggle at the negative.
>
> Yes, I am really pleased to see things coming together so well and so
> quickly.  Getting WNA up cost me a week of very late nights, but
> hopefully it should run itself much more easily now that core is there
> (especially as I have two co-editors now!)
>
> > @ccess scales. It's got an absolutely clear purpose - find (or liberate)
> > BOAI-compliant material, and show how it can be re-used. Sub-plot: build
> a
> > new generation of tools to maximise the value.
>
> That's good.  Maybe it (or a variant) should be a tagline at the top
> of the main @ccess site.
>

I like the idea. Or alternatively we could give it a prominent place on the
launch page and leave the now existing tag?. I think we should ad the
building of open science communities as one of our main purposes

>
> > One of the exciting things is the network effect. Because we blog, tweet,
> > etc. we discover new people and new resources. When there is a bit more
> on
> > the site that could be time for another article or report in the
> Guardian.
>
> That's good idea.  I've written a few things for non-technical outlets
> recently, the my impression is definitely that the Guardian is the
> best one to aim for: they move pretty quickly and tend to attract more
> comments than other newspapers.  My sense is that they are taking Web
> engagement more seriously than their rivals.
>
> -- Mike.
>
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