Comments on: Two Publications http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2010/06/14/two-publications/ assistant professor, suny oswego Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:14:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ulises http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2010/06/14/two-publications/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 ulises Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:32:57 +0000 http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/?p=371#comment-1030 Stephen, As I don't need to tell you, 'open' academic publishing hasn't come as far as we had hoped, and the criteria for getting tenure at a university remains stuck in medieval times. While I publish a lot of stuff under copyleft licenses, it's still necessary for me to publish in certain kinds of journals. And yes, I'm against Big Oil but I still need to drive my car to work. We live to the fullest the contradictions of our times, as Barthes said. Stephen,
As I don’t need to tell you, ‘open’ academic publishing hasn’t come as far as we had hoped, and the criteria for getting tenure at a university remains stuck in medieval times. While I publish a lot of stuff under copyleft licenses, it’s still necessary for me to publish in certain kinds of journals. And yes, I’m against Big Oil but I still need to drive my car to work. We live to the fullest the contradictions of our times, as Barthes said.

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2010/06/14/two-publications/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Stephen Downes Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:24:29 +0000 http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/?p=371#comment-1028 If there's anything more annoying than an interesting journal article locked behind a paywall, it's a blog post about an interesting article thats locked behind a paywall, especially when it's by the author of the paper. What motivated you? If there an open access version? Or have you moved beyond the plebes now, and are palying only for a paying public? If there’s anything more annoying than an interesting journal article locked behind a paywall, it’s a blog post about an interesting article thats locked behind a paywall, especially when it’s by the author of the paper.

What motivated you? If there an open access version? Or have you moved beyond the plebes now, and are palying only for a paying public?

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