Open Access and Glacial Melting

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"[O]pen access brings traceability to materials - if all research material...were to be made open access as a matter of course, then tracing back references would be a matter of simple mouse clicks. In the case of the Himalayan glacier-melt, 1 or 2 mouse clicks away: IPCC claims glacier-melt and gives reference of 2005 report by conservation group WWF. This reference is to an open access report and so - “click” ..."

Link:

http://researchcommunications.jiscinvolve.org/2010/01/27/open-access-and-glacial-melting/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » Connotea Imports

Tags:

oa.new oa.data oa.climate oa.accountability

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 20:08

Date published:

02/06/2010, 13:07