Comments on: EduPunk Repositories http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/06/edupunk-repositories/ Promoting Open Access in Anthropology Fri, 28 May 2010 03:51:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Social Sciences Open Access Repository http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/06/edupunk-repositories/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 Social Sciences Open Access Repository Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:44:33 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=154#comment-1009 [...] This is the first general Social Science OA repository we’ve found (hence our previous post on  EduPunk alternatives). I hope SSOAR succeeds, and that the other institutions (cough, cough, AAA, cough, cough) follow [...] [...] This is the first general Social Science OA repository we’ve found (hence our previous post on  EduPunk alternatives). I hope SSOAR succeeds, and that the other institutions (cough, cough, AAA, cough, cough) follow [...]

]]> By: Lauren Cannon http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/06/edupunk-repositories/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Lauren Cannon Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:12:37 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=154#comment-968 http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/we-dont-need-no-formal-education/ http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/we-dont-need-no-formal-education/

]]> By: Recent links on Open Access « Free Our Books http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/06/edupunk-repositories/comment-page-1/#comment-923 Recent links on Open Access « Free Our Books Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:04:13 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=154#comment-923 [...] EduPunk Repositories: If you don’t have access to an institutional or subject repository you can self-archive in, here’s a review of some alternatives. [...] [...] EduPunk Repositories: If you don’t have access to an institutional or subject repository you can self-archive in, here’s a review of some alternatives. [...]

]]> By: Owen Wiltshire http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/06/edupunk-repositories/comment-page-1/#comment-880 Owen Wiltshire Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:06:58 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=154#comment-880 I just wanted to throw in my feeling of despair with this Mana'o thing. There was a lot of energy put into spreading the word around and now that is mostly lost. I emailed months ago to find out what was up, and offered to help out. These messages were ignored. Recently I volunteered to setup a mirroring system for the archive (a basic internet concept that has existed since the internets conception, that would have fixed all the server issues (but not administrative ones). So far I haven't gotten a response... What about all the data in Mana'o right now? Can we not set that up online for now at least? What is this nonsense about just letting it die? Honestly, I feel really disappointed in the way mana'o turned out. If it actually dies, then it did more harm than good. I certainly appreciate all the work that went into it, and I want that thing to keep going, but to start over? what the... A central repository is crucial for the OA movement to succeed in anthropology. Also remember, most self-archiving mandates are clear to say that the repository must be disciplinary specific, or a university one. Using general repositories may not be so simple!!! Okay, so its not the end of the world, but if I could get my hands on the data in the repository, I'd be happy to get it all back online (i can't handle adding new entries, but I could setup a form to automagically enter them - which of course is not the same as helping to format them as Mana'o was doing). I seem to have missed a lot of the discussion as to what happened to manao. I'll keep digging around these forums to find out whats up! I just wanted to throw in my feeling of despair with this Mana’o thing.

There was a lot of energy put into spreading the word around and now that is mostly lost. I emailed months ago to find out what was up, and offered to help out. These messages were ignored.

Recently I volunteered to setup a mirroring system for the archive (a basic internet concept that has existed since the internets conception, that would have fixed all the server issues (but not administrative ones). So far I haven’t gotten a response…

What about all the data in Mana’o right now? Can we not set that up online for now at least? What is this nonsense about just letting it die?

Honestly, I feel really disappointed in the way mana’o turned out. If it actually dies, then it did more harm than good. I certainly appreciate all the work that went into it, and I want that thing to keep going, but to start over? what the…

A central repository is crucial for the OA movement to succeed in anthropology.

Also remember, most self-archiving mandates are clear to say that the repository must be disciplinary specific, or a university one. Using general repositories may not be so simple!!!

Okay, so its not the end of the world, but if I could get my hands on the data in the repository, I’d be happy to get it all back online (i can’t handle adding new entries, but I could setup a form to automagically enter them – which of course is not the same as helping to format them as Mana’o was doing).

I seem to have missed a lot of the discussion as to what happened to manao. I’ll keep digging around these forums to find out whats up!

]]> By: ismael peña-lópez http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/06/edupunk-repositories/comment-page-1/#comment-877 ismael peña-lópez Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:31:20 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=154#comment-877 Honestly, I think we scholars -- and knowledge workers in general -- should begin to shift towards personal research portals, where our bios, writings, readings, etc. all converged in one single place. Not that I do not trust third parties' solutions -- commercial or institutional -- or do not like their features: the question is that we (IMHO) increasingly need to define our online presence and personal research portals are way better for this than having all your info scattered around the web. :) PS: thanks for pointing to SelectedWorks: I did not know them :) Honestly, I think we scholars — and knowledge workers in general — should begin to shift towards personal research portals, where our bios, writings, readings, etc. all converged in one single place.

Not that I do not trust third parties’ solutions — commercial or institutional — or do not like their features: the question is that we (IMHO) increasingly need to define our online presence and personal research portals are way better for this than having all your info scattered around the web.

:)

PS: thanks for pointing to SelectedWorks: I did not know them :)

]]> By: Digger http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/06/edupunk-repositories/comment-page-1/#comment-875 Digger Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:27:32 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=154#comment-875 Thanks for the trackback; just a little correction, but the Fait Attention blog is mine, not Michael's. He's over at publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com and it was a couple of posts of his that prompted me to run the experiment. Cheers! Thanks for the trackback; just a little correction, but the Fait Attention blog is mine, not Michael’s. He’s over at publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com and it was a couple of posts of his that prompted me to run the experiment. Cheers!

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