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American Physical Society v. Wikipedia Physicists slam publishers over Wikipedia ban, New Scientist, March 16, 2008. (Thanks to Mathias Schindler.) Excerpt:
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Update (3/19/08). Thanks to Mathias Schindler for this piece of the puzzle: the physicists in question are interested in posting their work to wikis other than Wikipedia, where there are no rules against original scholarship. For details, see Jonathan Oppenheim's explanation (undated, but last revised March 15). Update (3/19/08). Also see the short article in Library Journal Academic Newswire. Update (5/20/08). Also see Robin Peek's article on it in the May issue of Information Today. The article isn't OA at the IT site yet, but there's an OA edition at LinuxInsider. |