8 Oct
2015
8 Oct
'15
9:55 p.m.
Glad you are interested Vicky! I will try, but I'm going to have a lot on
my plate :) However, the video will be available if you're not able to
attend or watch the live stream, so nothing will be lost. I'll do my best
to capture the relevant bits and report back.
But on another level, the whole thing is relevant -- Open Access and
Wikipedia have essentially taken two, not entirely compatible approaches to
"hacking copyright-protected, closed-access journals." I hope the issue is
of interest to some in these communities, beyond the hackerspace connection
as well.
Pete
[[User:Peteforsyth]]
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Vicky Knox <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Pete!
I am really interested in this question and would love to be kept posted
about the convo at the Wikimedia Foundation. After the panel, could you
share on this thread what people there have to say about access for
hackerspaces?
Thank you,
Vicky
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:19 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hey all, this thread caught my eye. There's
actually a program called The
Wikipedia Library that does exactly what's proposed here (access to
journals) except not for hackerspaces, but for Wikipedia contributors.
I'm going to be moderating a panel discussion about it on October 28, at
the Wikimedia Foundation (downtown SF) and also via live stream for those
who don't feel like trekkin' across the bay.
Here's some more detail: http://wikistrategies.net/oa-wikipedia-panel/
It's free, we'll have beer and snacks, and there will be lots of
opportunities to connect with folks trying to open up the publication
practices of academic/scientific journals. I hope to see some Sudo faces
there!
Feel free to hit me with any questions or ideas. For one thing, I'm
thinking I should steal the original question of this thread, and ask one
of the panelists about hacker spaces....
-Pete
On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
sci-hub
On 10/4/15, Vicky <vknoxsironi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Praveen,
I know that Wikipedia has a project that allows editors free access to
some
journals for their Wikipedia-related research. The database list isn't
fixed either--you can use the project as a proxy for requesting new
access
to previously untapped databases. Perhaps there
is something in this
model
to be borrowed? Here's more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library
~v
On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 10:17:05 AM UTC-7, praveen sinha wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've asked this question before in private with not a lot of good
> responses, but I'll put it out to a wider audience. One of the things
> that
> is nice about being a university is full online journal access.
>
> For myself, in the past I've had friends inside a uni run an
underground
> proxy server for me so I can access said
licensed content ("Right to
Read
>
> <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html>" anyone?). UC
> Berkeley offers the general public library access for $100 a year,
which
> is
> great but cost prohibitive for starving hackers
>
> My question is: is there someway we can get hackerspaces and members
forge
>
> a path to having access to non-open access journals? Maybe through
some
> sort of library grant, or charity access, or
something? My library
> knowledge here falls short. But there are multiple great reasons for
us
> to
> do this:
>
> * accelerate research and innovation at a
grassroots/citizen
> level. One of the biggest wins I see here is
with citizen driven
disease
>
> research (austin just opened a medical hackerspace
> <
http://district.life/2015/10/02/launching-the-first-medical-makerspace-in-t…
).
>
> Can you imagine what the cyborg group could do with a broader network?
> * open access journals are great, but the coverage falls
short
> * for a lot of folks who have
never had access to a
university,
>
> it's simply a matter of fair educational access
> * it can encourage projects to re-invent journal access
itself
>
> Would love to hear ideas or possible points of contact!
>
> Love,
> Praveen
>
--
Garrett
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