tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post9107449298131612916..comments2024-03-17T08:30:21.129+00:00Comments on Open and Shut?: Open Access and the A-BombRichard Poynderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433823131339077354noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post-85884373811883330972009-06-22T18:38:55.696+00:002009-06-22T18:38:55.696+00:00PS: citeseerx , the computer science paper harvest...PS: <a href="http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/" rel="nofollow">citeseerx </a>, the computer science paper harvester, although it only began harvesting in the late 1990s, is already almost three times as big as <a href="http://arxiv.org/" rel="nofollow">arXiv</a> and, because computer scientists have been self-archiving longer, citeseerx also reaches further back than arXiv (as <a href="http://scholar.google.com" rel="nofollow">Google Scholar</a> does, likewise by harvesting local deposits, rather than waiting for direct central deposits)...Stevan Harnadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374474060972737847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post-61166912996894486852009-06-22T17:58:24.701+00:002009-06-22T17:58:24.701+00:00Except that the first ones to make their research ...Except that the first ones to make their research papers open access were not physicists, in 1991, but computer scientists, thoughout the 80's, ever since they invented unix, UUCP and <a href="http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_FTPOverviewHistoryandStandards.htm" rel="nofollow"> FTP archiving</a>...Stevan Harnadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374474060972737847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post-20551795334579067812009-06-22T15:39:53.255+00:002009-06-22T15:39:53.255+00:00A slight clarification: Gold OA journals go back w...A slight clarification: Gold OA journals go back well before arXiv. New Horizons in Adult Education began in 1987. Public-Access Computer Systems Review began in 1989, as did Journal of Technology Education. There are others...waltchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820646745646868292noreply@blogger.com