From European Association of Science Editors
Vol 34(2), May 2008
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Jul 13, 2008 - 6:35 PM
Baruch P. Open access developments in France: the HAL Open Archives System. Learned Publishing 2007;20:267-282. (doi: 10.1087/095315107X239636)
From 2006, the main research agencies and universities coordinated their actions towards a common archiving platform, HAL (Hyper Articles on Line). It now stores the majority of open access records – some 10-15% of current French output.
Waldrop MM. Science 2.0: Great new tool, or great risk? Scientific American 9 January 2008. (www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=science-2-point-0-great-new-tool-or-great-risk)
Researchers are beginning to harness wikis, blogs, and other Web 2.0 technologies as a potentially transformative way of doing science. The author invites readers to comment on the draft article, promising that the input given will influence the article’s content in its final form. Starting from common questions on Web 2.0 tools, the article analyses the promise and peril of Science 2.0, which the author considers as being one aspect of a broader open science movement that also includes open-access scientific publishing and open data practices. A small but growing number of researchers have begun to carry out their work via these new tools, while many scientists still remain highly skeptical of such openness. Advocates of Science 2.0 consider this movement to be a new opportunity of collaboration between scientists.
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