Free Online College Courses Are ProliferatingMar. 28, 2008 (Wall Street Journal) – In the past few years, educational material, from handwritten lecture notes to whole courses, has been made available online, free for anyone who wants it.
Information LiberationMar. 7, 2008 (Wall Street Journal) – If your child has a life-threatening disease and you're desperate to read the latest research, you'll be dismayed to learn that you can't – at least not without hugely expensive subscriptions to a bevy of specialized journals or access to a major research library...
American Economic Association Plans 4 New JournalsJan. 25, 2008 (Chronicle of Higher Education) - In a move that might alter the pecking order in social-science publishing, the American Economic Association plans to introduce four new quarterly journals in early 2009, more than doubling its in-house publishing program.
Cancer Data? Sorry, Can’t Have ItJan. 22, 2008 (New York Times) – Not long ago, I asked a respected cancer researcher if he could send me raw data from a trial he had recently published. He refused. Sharing data would make the study team members “uncomfortable,” he said, as I might use this to “cast doubt” on their results.
Measure Would Require Free Access To Results of NIH-Funded ResearchDec. 21, 2007 (Washington Post) – It is barely a drop of ink in the gargantuan omnibus spending bill that Congress just passed. But a provision that would give the public free access to the results of federally funded biomedical research represents a sweet victory for a coalition of researchers and activists...