Nader Ale Ebrahim: Open Access Repositories Start to Offer Peer Review Services

Open access repositories start to offer overlay peer review services Converting open access repositories into functional evaluation platforms  Bringing back quality control to the scientific community The use of journal hierarchy for assessing the reputation of research works and their authors, has contributed to a competitive environment that is having a detrimental effect on scientific reliability. …

Antechinus: Battle for Open Access to Information

The battle for open-access information A PhD candidate’s online open-access publishing forum is a boon for those wishing to access texts and transcripts free. Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world’s entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, …

Antechinus: Open Access Antiquarianism

“Open Access Antiquarianism is the collective madcap efforts of an archaeologist, a computer scientist, and a structural engineer to push the boundaries of what is possible in the interface between technology and cultural heritage, art and diagnostics. Excerpts from Stephen Wilson’s Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology that aptly illustrate why Open Access …

EFF: Students Re-Launch Open Access Button App for Free Access to Paywall Research

Students Re-Launch Open Access Button App to Find Free Access to Scientific and Scholarly Research Millions of people use research everyday. From students, medical professionals, to curious hobbyists, we all benefit from being able to access, read, and cite reliable, tested information. But getting the research we need can be hard and costly when it’s …