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Copyright and Archaeology- “Walking into the lions den with your cock out”
Last week, I presented a paper at the IfA conference that touched on the issue of copyright after my earlier discussion last week about the issue. It was described as, “Walking into the lions den with your cock out” by someone else in the session. Apparently, my musings were controversial and several people were so […]
Creative Commons Non-commercial A Cruel Joke.
April 11, 2013
edit-updated see end. Got a tweet a few hours ago from @johnwallx pointing me towards this Google group discussion about Creative Commons licenses and 3-D heritage data. Dr. Isenburg was attempting to improve the use of 3-D modelling but had his data removed because it violated the creative commons licensing. If you don’t know what CC […]
Good News for Open Access
March 11, 2013
Just saw this on twitter and followed the link- The Society for Cultural Anthropology (a section of the American Anthropology Association) is excited to announce a groundbreaking publishing initiative. With the support of the AAA, the influential journal of the SCA, Cultural Anthropology, will become available open access, freely available to everyone in the world. Starting […]
Predatory Open Access Archaeology Journals or just poor quality? PAGEPRESS Publishers
February 11, 2013
I am in the process of updating Open Access Archaeology’s searchable database of Open Access Journals. Some journals have ceased to exists (online at least) others have moved or change their OA policy etc. During the search I came across one publisher of OA archaeology journals that seemed to fit the definition of Predatory Open […]
Another Day, Another Society Against Open Access
February 10, 2013
I was alerted to The American Philological Association (APA)’s letter against the current UK Open Access policy, by AWOL. However, they did ask for comments from others on the subject. Here is the letter I sent them outlining why I think there are some serious flaws in their response: Dear Denis Feeney and Michael Gagarin, […]
The Cavalier Attitude of Youth and Their Free Stuff.
January 23, 2013
Rex at savage minds has put together one of the most articulate arguments about digital copying and open access I have seen, in response to a very poor opinion piece by Rob Weir at Inside Higher Education: “In his article, Weir argues that downloading JSTOR articles is theft. Downloading and sharing articles, or movies, or […]
Internet Archaeology is Going Open Access
January 20, 2013
Some good news, Internet Archaeology is moving towards Open Access. They have been talking about this for a while but I was under the impression it was for new content. As such, I was pleasantly surprised to find in my email that they had freed up most of their back catalog: I am very pleased […]
Archaeology, Open Access, RIP Aaron Swartz
January 14, 2013
Last week Aaron Swartz killed himself because of the issue of Open Access. He was facing 35 years in prison for trying give people access to pre-1920s publications e.g. not under copyright. He also had a history of depression which probably played a significant aspect in his decision to kill himself. Obvious not being Aaron […]
Archaeological Institute of America #Fails Again with Open Access: Because the first time was so much fun
October 1, 2012
Bless their hearts, the Archaeological Institute of America is at it again with their hatred (might be a strong word, distaste? loathing?) of Open Access. The president has come out with a new letter to clarify, about the AIA’s position toward open access. It is basically a more articulated version of their old letter in […]
Society for American Archaeology 990 Form
September 17, 2012
A few days ago I posted a list on scholarly/professional societies in regards to their opposition to Open Access. Most of the information was gathered from 990 tax forms. After looking at the tax forms I was a little interested in how archaeology societies fare. So I have looked up the Society for American Archaeology’s […]
Why Scholarly Societies Are Against Open Access
September 14, 2012
As I mentioned earlier today I wrote an article for the Index on Censorship special issue about censorship of academia. The online version unfortunately was missing a table that was in the print version. It was right before I say, Most of the societies that opposed or were critical of open access in the White […]
Censors on Campus- The Open Access Backlash
September 14, 2012
I was recently asked to write an article for the Index on Censorship special issue about censorship of academia. Specifically, I was asked to write about the AIA’s stance against Open Access ( I blog about it here and here and the boycott I organized here). Being as fair as I could stayed away from […]
Open Access- Do the ends justify the means?
September 12, 2012
Recently, I made a trip back to the US for research and to see family and friends. One of the people I connected up with was a friend who recently obtained his PhD in archaeology. We discussed many things from was/is a PhD worth it or not, to cookies. One of the discussions was about […]
Ending Knowledge Cartels
June 9, 2012
http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2012/ending-knowledge-cartels/
Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog on how journals once facilitated and now hinder scientific progress.
June 6, 2012
The Dienekes’ Anthropology blog has a wonderful examination on how journals now hinder scientific process. You should read the whole thing as it is very good but some of the main points are: scientists postpone the publication of preliminary results until they have a cumulative piece of work that is “publishable” according to journals’ standards […]
ACCG and Open Access
May 25, 2012
Edit- this situation has resolved itself amicably. The ACCG has/are in the process of changing their statement and we are having a very interesting discussion about laws regarding the importing of antiquities. Overall, it has been a busier weekend then what I would have liked but one that has been well worth the time. I […]
Archaeological Institute of America Back Tracks on Stance Against Open Access
April 27, 2012
The Archaeological Institute of America has published a new update to its letter on Open Access. My recent letter in ARCHAEOLOGY magazine has opened discussion concerning the AIA’s position on open access. I am personally opposed to slated government legislation on the issue. I am not against open access as a concept, however. The AIA […]
Predatory Open Access Publisher OMICS Publishing Group Hits New Low in Blog Spamming
April 27, 2012
The other day I wrote about how predatory publisher OMICS was spamming my blog. For those of you that are not familiar with the term blog spam, it is when a person/bot posts comments on websites and blogs, usually very low quality comment or comments that do not make sense in the context of the […]
Boycott Archaeological Institute of American
April 23, 2012
I was really hoping that the AIA would have responded to the email we sent them a week ago. I was really hoping that they would have opened a dialog or at least make some sort of public comment. Alas, it was not to be. As such I and the other volunteers at OpenAccessArchaeology.org have […]
Archaeological Institute of America #FAIL! Can’t Learn from Others Mistakes
April 16, 2012
When it came out in January and February that the American Anthropology Association and the Archaeological Institute of America had both come out against Open Access there was a large uproar. The AAA quickly back tracked but the AIA got off pretty lightly. Apparently the AIA did not look at what happen to the AAA […]
Predatory Open Access Publisher OMICS Publishing Group: Now Blog Spamming
April 13, 2012
Not all Open Access publications are good. Some are basic Nigerian scams, and I don’t mean that as a figment of speech, some literally are scams run out of Nigeria. They ask for money and will publish anything. Interestingly just yesterday it appears that some pseudoscientists got scammed, Scam Publisher Fools Swedish Cranks. There is […]
Journal of Field Archaeology is Open Access for Next Month and Half
April 2, 2012
So Maney is running a promotional deal were you can view the last 3 years of the Journal of Field Archaeology online for free. The deal lasts till May 15th. It is a promotion so they are trying to get you to buy the journal. The price is still too expensive for me or most […]
The End of Commercial Journal Publishers- The First Signs of the Academic Publishing Apocalypse
March 16, 2012
Edit 3/20/2012- this piece is meant as criticism of current publishing regimes but my sense of humor is a bit dry and I don’t think everyone understands it. Apologies if this came off as critical of the pirates when it is meant to be critical of others. Revelation 6:1-2 1 And I saw when the […]
Former Cultural Anthropology Editor Speaks Out About #AAAfail
February 9, 2012
I had recently edited my previous posts about the AAA less then great response to open access ( The 30 Pieces of Silver the American Anthropology Association Sold Us Out For, American Anthropology Association FAIL!!!! This Time on an Epic Scale, and Why this #AAAfail is Epic- How the American Anthropology Association is throwing the public under […]
The 30 Pieces of Silver the American Anthropology Association Sold Us Out For
February 4, 2012
This post is part of a series- The 30 Pieces of Silver the American Anthropology Association Sold Us Out For, American Anthropology Association FAIL!!!! This Time on an Epic Scale, Why this #AAAfail is Epic- How the American Anthropology Association is throwing the public under the bus and killing books for no good reason! and Former Cultural Anthropology […]
Why this #AAAfail is Epic- How the American Anthropology Association is throwing the public under the bus and killing books for no good reason!
February 1, 2012
This post is part of a series- The 30 Pieces of Silver the American Anthropology Association Sold Us Out For, American Anthropology Association FAIL!!!! This Time on an Epic Scale, Why this #AAAfail is Epic- How the American Anthropology Association is throwing the public under the bus and killing books for no good reason! and Former Cultural Anthropology […]
How Can a Company Turn Down 150,000,000 (yes, hundred million) Chances to Turn Someone into a Customer
January 15, 2012
Jstor is now opening up a very tiny portion (%5) of their journals for people to be able to preview at least three full articles (can’t download or print said articles). The most striking thing about this announcement is that they say that each year they block 150,000,000 attempts to see an article. No misprint, […]
Open Access Journal Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica – Natural Sciences in Archaeology
October 29, 2011
Someone was kind enough to point me in the direction of a open access journal I did not have on my list- Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica – Natural Sciences in Archaeology. The website is here
Open Access Week Archaeology Journals Search Engine
October 28, 2011
To make it easier to find articles you want I created a custom search engine that only searches the 23 archaeology journals that have gone open access for open access week (Update- link removed, open access week is over so the search engine no longer works). It should make it easier to find what you […]
More Publishers Going Open Access for Open Access Week- 23 journals so far
October 26, 2011
Update- I created a search engine to search all open access archaeology journals for both open access week and normal. Maney is opening up 22 archaeology journals to free access during open access week. This is a good sign and goes well with the Internet Archaeology’s decision to go open access as well for open […]
Open Access Journal for CRM
October 24, 2011
Open Access Week is here. To celebrate I would like to highlight a open access journal- CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship. It is peer reviewed too.
Open Access Week Post- Public Archaeoloy, Peer Review
October 23, 2011
As part of Open Access week I would like to highlight a peer reviewed journal that is Open Access.
10,000 Creative Commons Archaeology Images
October 21, 2011
As a part of the lead up to Open Access week here is a post about 10,000 images just put into creative commons, means no copyright and you can do what you want with the images.
The future of AAA publishing: Opening a conversation- A comment on not taking publishers at their word
October 20, 2011
There is an interesting conversation going on over at the AAA blog- The future of AAA publishing: Opening a conversation. I would like to comment on one of the statements- “Publishing academic journals (even digital-only ones liberated from the cost of printing and moving paper) entails significant expense, including administration, copy-editing, type-setting, web development, hosting […]
Open Access Week is Coming
October 19, 2011
Next week is Open Access Week! Open Access Week, a global event, now in its fifth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access. They even have a website- http://www.openaccessweek.org/ It is a nice website. My favorite part is the “Buy Open […]
Internet Archaeology and Open Access
October 17, 2011
It has been a little while since I have posted anything on publishing and open access but Open Access week is coming up.
Whats Wrong with Academic Publishers?- Paying $32 for a Sentence
September 21, 2011
This is up there with my favorite quote about academic publishers-
Beware of the Snake Oil in Publishing
August 29, 2011
via a post from John Hawks- Seth Godin: “Strangers and friends: understanding publishing”. It’s very seductive for an author to believe that a fairy godmother will introduce her fabulous idea to legions of strangers. Seductive, yes, but rarely something that actually happens. The point: Build your own platform. That statement was from the website The […]
Highest Cited Archaeology Journal Papers
August 26, 2011
Using the Publisher or Perish citation analysis software I have been looking at the statistics for hundreds of English Language Archaeology Journals. One of the outputs from this software is the number of citations each individual paper within a journal receives. After a pretty extensive search of about 250 archaeology journals I am pretty confident […]
PhD’s are Out of Control
August 21, 2011
In 1861 Yale awarded the first three PhDs in the US. Only one, by James Morris Whiton, has survived. Guess how many pages his dissertation was? 100? 200? 500?
New Open Access Archaeology Book
August 19, 2011
This was posted on Digging Digitally and I thought I would share it-
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