Selected Google Plus posts

I blogged at Google Plus (G+) from July 9, 2011 to November 5, 2018. When Google announced in October 2018 that it would terminate G+ for users like me, and delete all our posts, I began saving them to the Internet Archive (IA) and other locations. IA is also trying on its own to capture all the public G+ posts from all G+ users. I hope to say more later on how these efforts turn out. Meantime, here my major G+ posts. I list them here with the original G+ URLs (which may die after April 2, 2019) and the newer, permanent IA URLs. —Peter Suber.

• Altogether I wrote more than 1,400 posts for G+. Here I list just 64.
• For details on my older blog, Open Access News (2002-2010), see the section on it in the page on my contributions to the history of open access.
• Most recent first.

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Reasons not to pay APCs at hybrid journals, November 5, 2018. At G+. At IA.

A short open letter to Google on minimizing the damage of shutting down Google Plus, October 20, 2018. At G+. At IA.

Readings for Open Access Week 2018, October 19, 2018. At G+. At IA.

Elaborating on a tweet, September 10, 2018. At G+. At IA.

Thoughts on Plan S, September 4, 2018. At G+. At IA.

China is restricting the export of science, July 23, 2018. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/fCnMr6Bf5uj http://web.archive.org/web/20180801143635/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/fCnMr6Bf5uj

Darrell Issa as co-winner of this year's ALA James Madison Award, March 11, 2018. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/4yVb4gACoc8 http://web.archive.org/web/20180312230315/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/4yVb4gACoc8

Another side of academic freedom: Freedom from undue corporate influence, February 26, 2018. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/RAoUyEVmDUh http://web.archive.org/web/20180306220232/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/RAoUyEVmDUh

Half a dozen reasons why I support the Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity, November 11, 2017. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/DwXSjcDKGJA http://web.archive.org/web/20181124201555/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/DwXSjcDKGJA

Still true: 70% of peer-reviewed OA journals charge no APCs, October 26, 2017. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/aaAknRyN9cs http://web.archive.org/web/20171026165637/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/aaAknRyN9cs

Correcting the record on the Harvard OA license, July 27, 2017. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/ZeHjk1v5vCS http://web.archive.org/web/20170810134543/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/ZeHjk1v5vCS

Some evidence of the demand for research literature by nonprofessionals, July 19, 2017. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Mx3eCDyebjY http://web.archive.org/web/20170810134605/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Mx3eCDyebjY

Evaluating an OA journal you haven't heard of, April 27, 2017. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/3NpMXqo2KiJ http://web.archive.org/web/20181226203005/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/3NpMXqo2KiJ

Gates Foundation pressuring journals or vice versa? January 13, 2017. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/dU6tWcorZEV http://web.archive.org/web/20180308171435/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/dU6tWcorZEV

Journalists who fear that open access to public records will encroach on their scoops and exclusivity, October 1, 2016 https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/AGFrUPGhGUR http://web.archive.org/web/20190119213810/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/AGFrUPGhGUR

Counting fee-based and no-fee #openaccess journals, May 24, 2016. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/HjrRDcrZS8p http://web.archive.org/web/20190210214706/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/HjrRDcrZS8p

A few thoughts on Sci-Hub, March 13, 2016. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/j7vzhVkXG1t https://web.archive.org/web/20190211221139/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/j7vzhVkXG1t

Comments on the VSNU-Elsevier deal, December 12, 2015. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Kew4R9A1Jgs https://web.archive.org/web/20190215212225/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Kew4R9A1Jgs

How can the US can help France? November 16, 2015. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/YTEYReT11Dy https://web.archive.org/web/20190215212544/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/YTEYReT11Dy

Time to consider OA mandates from ethics committees, October 20, 2015. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/UrBLHuBejBM https://web.archive.org/web/20190215213207/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/UrBLHuBejBM

Plum job for the right person, August 26, 2015. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Vjzc1bWwbS1 https://web.archive.org/web/20190217203220/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Vjzc1bWwbS1

New OA mandate from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), February 9, 2015. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/fVTsMRgWTMu https://web.archive.org/web/20190217205929/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/fVTsMRgWTMu

Harvard's 11 announcements for Open Access Week 2014, October 24, 2014. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/3SJmA6MVj75 https://web.archive.org/web/20190316204221/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/3SJmA6MVj75

The next frontier: beaming open-access articles by satellite beyond the conventional internet, September 26, 2014. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/g5cNcNY1z8H https://web.archive.org/web/20190316204304/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/g5cNcNY1z8H

The last Word, August 16, 2014. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/ErCof6Q6C8K https://web.archive.org/web/20190316204410/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/ErCof6Q6C8K

The open-access policy from the Department of Energy, August 4, 2014. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/ZHRXEvLoq4n https://web.archive.org/web/20190316204503/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/ZHRXEvLoq4n

Elsevier's 50-day tease, June 20, 2014. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/ao1moDDHZVn https://web.archive.org/web/20190316204551/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/ao1moDDHZVn

Don't buy the IEEE edition of my book, May 31, 2014. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/bpLMka3QC7y https://web.archive.org/web/20190316204625/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/bpLMka3QC7y

Large majority of small sample of society publishers fears open access, May 27, 2014. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/GNTretnAHMR https://web.archive.org/web/20190316204711/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/GNTretnAHMR

Allowing unembargoed green OA is good for business, January 26, 2014. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Nom9Z2A3f18 https://web.archive.org/web/20190312202302/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Nom9Z2A3f18

New open-access mandates in the US, January 17, 2014 https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/BxaAbKqv5HS. https://web.archive.org/web/20190312203225/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/BxaAbKqv5HS

What doesn't justify longer embargoes on publicly-funded research, January 11, 2014. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/gPRFVdDD8Dg https://web.archive.org/web/20190312203625/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/gPRFVdDD8Dg

NISO proposal for metadata to describe varieties of open access, January 6, 2014. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/YRMwdebN4aS https://web.archive.org/web/20190312204024/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/YRMwdebN4aS

Will the Netherlands mandate gold open access? November 17, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/GaicErwTTeL https://web.archive.org/web/20190313174438/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/GaicErwTTeL

Victory for Google over the Authors Guild: Victory for opt-out mass digitization, search indexing, fair use, and the public interest, November 14, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/B1NKEAZEKJv https://web.archive.org/web/20190313174651/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/B1NKEAZEKJv

Update on my book on open access, October 23, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/QUjKAjTEbCv https://web.archive.org/web/20190313175345/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/QUjKAjTEbCv

2009 reflection on the 2013 Bohannon sting, October 7, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/JF4tHx3GeyW https://web.archive.org/web/20190313181042/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/JF4tHx3GeyW

New "sting" of weak open-access journals, October 3, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/CRHeCAtQqGq https://web.archive.org/web/20190313181320/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/CRHeCAtQqGq

Research project for computer scientists. September 16, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/hRuUsJgiwXR https://web.archive.org/web/20190313182515/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/hRuUsJgiwXR

800+ scholarly societies embrace open access. Update, September 16, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/8QQbP8meBZg https://web.archive.org/web/20190313182714/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/8QQbP8meBZg

A major new report calls on the UK to improve its "mistaken" OA policy, September 9, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/NiWFp9ivA9m https://web.archive.org/web/20190313183333/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/NiWFp9ivA9m

Where are the federal agency open-access policies? August 23, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/FXM1z2euiRy https://web.archive.org/web/20190313184229/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/FXM1z2euiRy

Once more: There's seldom a trade-off between prestige and open access, June 9, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Bq34RGD7ao5 https://web.archive.org/web/20190313192246/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Bq34RGD7ao5

[Comments on CHORUS], June 7, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Bma1hY64dQy https://web.archive.org/web/20190313192645/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/Bma1hY64dQy

Wellcome Trust extends its OA mandate from articles to books, May 30, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/ZvdLRDWezV9 https://web.archive.org/web/20190313192953/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/ZvdLRDWezV9

We can do better than journal impact factors, May 18, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/D6DvAfW5MT4 https://web.archive.org/web/20190313193915/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/D6DvAfW5MT4

Elsevier, NewsCorp, Facebook, and Yahoo join ignorant attack on open access, May 17, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/ZVMLUuWNYyH https://web.archive.org/web/20190313194307/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/ZVMLUuWNYyH

Open letters from Nobel laureates supporting open access, April 30, 2013. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/DcebHLqQzQm https://web.archive.org/web/20190313201653/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/DcebHLqQzQm

A misleading survey, April 5, 2013. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/K1UE3XDk9E9 https://web.archive.org/web/20190314195605/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/K1UE3XDk9E9

Creationists still hoping that OA will boost their cause, April 3, 2013. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/HBJwuCzwNsZ https://web.archive.org/web/20190314195852/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/HBJwuCzwNsZ

Second shoe drops: new White House Directive mandates OA, February 22, 2013. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/8hzviMJeVHJ https://web.archive.org/web/20190314201417/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/8hzviMJeVHJ

The legal threats against Jeffrey Beall, February 16, 2013. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/A6sreLbmcmQ https://web.archive.org/web/20190314201953/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/A6sreLbmcmQ

Major new bill mandating open access introduced in Congress, February 14, 2013. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/FZFvDhBLTzE https://web.archive.org/web/20190314202229/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/FZFvDhBLTzE

How often do authors at fee-based OA journals pay the fees out of pocket? February 1, 2013. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/KEff1VvD7Ur https://web.archive.org/web/20190314202806/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/KEff1VvD7Ur

Aaron Swartz, 1986-2013. January 12, 2013. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/SfSPrspa6bD https://web.archive.org/web/20190314203648/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/SfSPrspa6bD

Jeffrey Beall is the target of a dishonest smear campaign, December 8, 2012. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/LQVaue6XYev https://web.archive.org/web/20190314204754/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/LQVaue6XYev

More on how scam journals are giving OA a bad name, December 4, 2012. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/F1NMirUhAgL https://web.archive.org/web/20190314205745/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/F1NMirUhAgL

Weakening the OA policy in the EU, November 15, 2012. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/drJqNn5oZNy https://web.archive.org/web/20190315181918/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/drJqNn5oZNy

Clarification of the new open-access policy at the Research Councils UK (RCUK), August 22, 2012. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/WLGYaT8AEVu https://web.archive.org/web/20190315190610/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/WLGYaT8AEVu

More than anyone wants to know about my position on delayed OA for books, even books about OA, June 24, 2012. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/27wyU2uxYFw https://web.archive.org/web/20190316200151/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/27wyU2uxYFw

Happy birthday, Nomic, June 16, 2012. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/6eFHFA6iyC7 https://web.archive.org/web/20190316201021/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/6eFHFA6iyC7

OA mandates do not violate US copyright law, June 1, 2012. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/TxXiwUvi8XR https://web.archive.org/web/20190316203929/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/TxXiwUvi8XR

My letter to an Elsevier journal, May 9, 2012. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/aWHSSL1puoC https://web.archive.org/web/20190317214136/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/aWHSSL1puoC

Comments on the RCUK's draft new OA policy, March 16, 2012. https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/Y8zPSf5DP5W https://web.archive.org/web/20190322202351/https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/Y8zPSf5DP5W