PLoS has launched a blog to coincide with the public preview of PLoS ONE. The first post (by Liz Allen) introduces both. Excerpt:
While preparing to launch this project, a curious thing happened. Before posting any adverts, before sending out a press release, and even before we started officially talking about PLoS ONE, a very observant scientist and blogger (who is also a PLoS Computational Biology Author) sparked a conversation with a single post. We quietly watched as wordspread. And we loved it. You see, this is exactly the type of dialogue and debate that we have been hoping PLoS ONE would ignite.
PLoS is adopting a forward-looking approach to publishing that goes beyond disseminating peer-reviewed research to the widest possible audience, but also promotes collaboration and encourages debate. We strive to support conversation within the global community of scientists in every way possible. PLoS ONE will be the first title to embrace this ideology.
In this blog you can expect to read more about this thing we are calling “open access 2.0”, and most importantly, more about our vision for scientific communication, with all of its potentials and obstacles. We want to hear your thoughts too....
The second post (by Chris Surridge) has more detail on the viral discovery of the PLoS ONE site by bloggers. (Open Access News was an early link in the chain.)
PS: I'll be a regular reader. I'm just puzzled by one thing. Has PLoS launched two blogs, one on publishing and one on technology, or one blog with two categories?
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/12/2006 09:26:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
