Adding peer review to arxiv
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"In a recent post...John Baez mentioned Andrew Stacey's proposal for a system of overlay boards for the arXiv that would essentially be a form of peer review. Since the arXiv itself works very well, we don't want to mess it up, so a parallel site was mooted. Now that site exists - in principle! Edward O'Callaghan grabbed the domain http://arxiv-review.org/ which at present is plastered with advertising, so don't bother following the link just yet - just remember the URL arxiv-review.org. Now the site needs some guiding principles and a framework. Edward O'Callaghan has offered to host conversation on his blog...to get a 'goals and mission' like the arXiv....To get started, have a read over John Baez's post, and get your thinking hats on! ..."