Topic 5 2015, Page 4

Imagine you are a content producer: an academic who wrote a research paper. You did your job, now you want to share it with the World. Below, I am going to argue for one thing: make it available on the Internet for free. The free arXiv Physics archive (1991) begun a small revolution in the scientific world. Traditionally, a scientist would submit his paper to a peer-reviewed journal. Continue reading →

Have you ever just went on Google Images, searched for an image of your choice and used it, not caring who made it, how or even when? Well I guess we are all in the same boat. There are lots of advantages and disadvantages to a content producer of making their materials freely available online. The focus of this blog post is to discuss and chew over the aforementioned issue. Below is a picture collage that I made to delineate what is been discussed [1]. Continue reading →

It was ironic to begin researching this topic, only to find that most of the relevant articles I needed were not accessible for free. Such articles were only available if I searched through the university VPN, as Southampton University has paid for access to academic journals. As demonstrated in this video, Nick Shockey and Jonathan Eisen explain some of the issues surrounding open and closed access. Continue reading →

In the introductory video provided by Lisa, Nick Shockey and Jonathan Eisen talk through the importance of open access specifically in the world of academic journals. I’m going to take a slightly new angle on the concept of ‘free access’ online, and assess where it stands in the world of the press in today’s society. Continue reading →