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* I posted to [https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Open Access News] OAN from May 2002 to April 2010. My goal was to track and share all that was going on with OA. I didn't really succeed, of course. But I covered a lot -- about 18,000 posts (with occasional co-bloggers). | * I posted to [https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Open Access News] OAN from May 2002 to April 2010. My goal was to track and share all that was going on with OA. I didn't really succeed, of course. But I covered a lot -- about 18,000 posts (with occasional co-bloggers). | ||
* Most of | * [https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html OAN is still online at its original site] on the Earlham College server. | ||
** | ** But do not trust the search engine in the blog sidebar. When the blog was alive, it was comprehensive. But now that the blog is dead, that search engine is very sketchy. | ||
* All of OAN is preserved in the [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH.WAX:9361440 section] of [http://wax.lib.harvard.edu/collections/collection.do?coll=201&lang=eng Harvard's H-Sities] that captures and preserves my entire Earlham College web site. While comprehensive and well-preserved, this copy is hard to search. | |||
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* Most of OAN is backed up and searchable in a [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/openaccessnews Google Group of the same name]. | |||
** I forget what trick I used to send each blog post to the Google Group. But whatever it was, I didn't think of it until after I'd been posting for a while. The Group captures about 14k of the 18k posts. You don't need to be a member to view or search the Group. | |||
** I was the only member of the Group, and now that I've stopped posting to OAN, I've also stopped posting to this Group. There's no reason to ask to join. | |||
** The Google Group search leaves a lot to be desired. If you search for "Elsevier", it will tell you there are 11 hits. But if you scroll through the hit list to the end, you'll find 203. If you scroll back to the top, you'll see that Google updated its estimate to 203. | ** The Google Group search leaves a lot to be desired. If you search for "Elsevier", it will tell you there are 11 hits. But if you scroll through the hit list to the end, you'll find 203. If you scroll back to the top, you'll see that Google updated its estimate to 203. | ||
* You can also [https://www.google.com/search?num=50&ei= | * You can also search OAN with a [https://www.google.com/search?num=50&ei=eZ6_WveVFYW8tgWgma-YBA&q=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Flegacy.earlham.edu%2F~peters%2Ffos%2F+%5Byour+searchstring+here%5D&oq=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Flegacy.earlham.edu%2F~peters%2Ffos%2F+%5Byour+searchstring+here%5D&gs_l=psy-ab.3...91236.100637.0.100955.36.32.2.0.0.0.139.2553.31j1.32.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..3.0.0....0.TupyNN2_g9k Google "site" search] the section of my Earlham site containing the blog. | ||
* You can also | * You can also [https://www.google.com/search?num=50&ei=3Z2_WvLODoyItQXE-YkQ&q=%22peter+suber%22+%22open+access+news%22+%5Byour+searchstring+here%5D&oq=%22peter+suber%22+%22open+access+news%22+%5Byour+searchstring+here%5D&gs_l=psy-ab.3...113992.119060.0.120509.24.24.0.0.0.0.170.2560.11j12.23.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..1.13.1502...33i160k1j33i21k1.0.Osuc9NMlTyI search OAN in Google] without special syntax. Just precede each search string with "peter suber" and "open access news" (keeping the quotation marks). | ||
** This method will include some hits that quote my blog posts, but it won't omit any of my blog posts. | |||
** For what it's worth, this is the method I use when I want to search OAN these days. | |||
== Open Access Directory (2008-present) == | == Open Access Directory (2008-present) == | ||
Revision as of 08:59, 6 April 2018
Nobody has yet written a comprehensive history of open access (OA). I don't plan to. But I've written much over the years that will help anyone who wants to study or write up parts of that history. Here are some of those pieces.
Newsletter (2001-2013)
Open Access News (2002-2010)
- I posted to Open Access News OAN from May 2002 to April 2010. My goal was to track and share all that was going on with OA. I didn't really succeed, of course. But I covered a lot -- about 18,000 posts (with occasional co-bloggers).
- OAN is still online at its original site on the Earlham College server.
- But do not trust the search engine in the blog sidebar. When the blog was alive, it was comprehensive. But now that the blog is dead, that search engine is very sketchy.
- All of OAN is preserved in the section of Harvard's H-Sities that captures and preserves my entire Earlham College web site. While comprehensive and well-preserved, this copy is hard to search.
- Most of OAN is backed up and searchable in a Google Group of the same name.
- I forget what trick I used to send each blog post to the Google Group. But whatever it was, I didn't think of it until after I'd been posting for a while. The Group captures about 14k of the 18k posts. You don't need to be a member to view or search the Group.
- I was the only member of the Group, and now that I've stopped posting to OAN, I've also stopped posting to this Group. There's no reason to ask to join.
- The Google Group search leaves a lot to be desired. If you search for "Elsevier", it will tell you there are 11 hits. But if you scroll through the hit list to the end, you'll find 203. If you scroll back to the top, you'll see that Google updated its estimate to 203.
- You can also search OAN with a Google "site" search the section of my Earlham site containing the blog.
- You can also search OAN in Google without special syntax. Just precede each search string with "peter suber" and "open access news" (keeping the quotation marks).
- This method will include some hits that quote my blog posts, but it won't omit any of my blog posts.
- For what it's worth, this is the method I use when I want to search OAN these days.
Open Access Directory (2008-present)
- conferences, declarations, timeline, early journals ...
Open Access Tracking Project (2009-present)
- ...
How you can help
- As you find relevant items, add them the lists at the Open Access Directory, including the Timeline.
- As you find relevant items, tag them for the Open Access Tracking Project. This means becoming a tagger.
- Use the OATP to support your own research on OA, and to help others do their research on OA.