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* This page is part of the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap Harvard Open Access Project] (HOAP). | * This page is part of the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap Harvard Open Access Project] (HOAP). | ||
* Suggested short URL for this page = [http://bit.ly//// ///] | * Suggested short URL for this page = [http://bit.ly//// ///] | ||
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* These are Peter Suber's supplements and updates to his book, ''Open Access: Research Unbound,'' MIT Press, 2012. | * These are Peter Suber's supplements and updates to his book, ''Open Access: Research Unbound,'' MIT Press, 2012. | ||
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* The text was finished in the spring of 2011, with only one or two small updates inserted after that. | * The text was finished in the spring of 2011, with only one or two small updates inserted after that. | ||
* The word count is 147k, higher than MIT wanted. In many places I was constrained by the word count. For example, in the preface, I wanted to thank many more colleagues, but in the end I only thanked those who helped with economic support for my OA work. | * The word count is 147k, higher than MIT wanted. In many places I was constrained by the word count. For example, in the preface, I wanted to thank many more colleagues, but in the end I only thanked those who helped with economic support for my OA work. | ||
* Don't criticize MIT Press for not capitalizing the word "internet". The house style was to capitalize it. I insisted that it be decapitalized. | |||
* In most of my other writing about OA, I use the acronyms "OA" ("open access") and "TA" ("toll access") freely. But MIT didn't want too many acronyms in the text and suggested that we spell out "toll access". I agreed. But the result is that many sentences lack stylistic symmetry by contrasting open access (using "OA" the acronym) with toll access (using "toll access" the phrase). | |||
== Updates == | == Updates == | ||
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* Or: Notes toward the second edition | * Or: Notes toward the second edition | ||
* I call OA a "revolution" but say it's not a "radical" idea. What's not a radical step is to (1) solving severe problems harming you and your work by (2) taking advantage of existing technology. | * I call OA a "revolution" but say it's not a "radical" idea. What's not a radical step is to (1) solving severe problems harming you and your work by (2) taking advantage of existing technology. | ||
== Reader suggestion page == | |||
* have one? use another format instead, such as my G+ blog? find some way to gather suggestions; describe and link to it here | |||
== Crowdsourced index == | == Crowdsourced index == | ||
* good index but we can improve it; first draft by MIT; published version extensively revised by me; but still a lot of room for improvement | |||
* large, so put it on another page; link to it from here; explain here and there that most HOAP wiki pages are editable only by project participants, but that the book index page is editable by any registered user | * large, so put it on another page; link to it from here; explain here and there that most HOAP wiki pages are editable only by project participants, but that the book index page is editable by any registered user | ||
Latest revision as of 10:29, 22 April 2012
- This page is part of the Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP).
- Suggested short URL for this page = ///
- ///come up with suggested short URL for this page *after* I pick final title/URL for the page
- These are Peter Suber's supplements and updates to his book, Open Access: Research Unbound, MIT Press, 2012.
- /// use final title/subtitle in name of this page; that will determine URL for the page
The book
- ///here give links to MIT, Amazon, etc.; explain when/how it will become OA
- The text was finished in the spring of 2011, with only one or two small updates inserted after that.
- The word count is 147k, higher than MIT wanted. In many places I was constrained by the word count. For example, in the preface, I wanted to thank many more colleagues, but in the end I only thanked those who helped with economic support for my OA work.
- Don't criticize MIT Press for not capitalizing the word "internet". The house style was to capitalize it. I insisted that it be decapitalized.
- In most of my other writing about OA, I use the acronyms "OA" ("open access") and "TA" ("toll access") freely. But MIT didn't want too many acronyms in the text and suggested that we spell out "toll access". I agreed. But the result is that many sentences lack stylistic symmetry by contrasting open access (using "OA" the acronym) with toll access (using "toll access" the phrase).
Updates
- Elsevier boycott
Second thoughts
- Or: Notes toward the second edition
- I call OA a "revolution" but say it's not a "radical" idea. What's not a radical step is to (1) solving severe problems harming you and your work by (2) taking advantage of existing technology.
Reader suggestion page
- have one? use another format instead, such as my G+ blog? find some way to gather suggestions; describe and link to it here
Crowdsourced index
- good index but we can improve it; first draft by MIT; published version extensively revised by me; but still a lot of room for improvement
- large, so put it on another page; link to it from here; explain here and there that most HOAP wiki pages are editable only by project participants, but that the book index page is editable by any registered user