One of things I’m most excited about at the moment is Hypothes.is. The idea is to create a distributed, open-source platform that allows for the collaborative evaluation of information. It does this by taking a tried and tested model, community peer review, and uses this as the basis for creating a very dynamic commenting system. Dan Whaley, one of the minds behind Hypothes.is, recently gave a talk at the ievobio conference in Ottawa, where he discussed peer review and also offered the first public glimpse of the hypothes.is prototype (at around 57mins):
Some Links:
- Open Data and Open Science enter the mainstream
- Digital Research 2012: How and Why the RCUK Open Access Policy Needs to Be Revised
- Stop putting off your idea and just get started
- Stick to Your Ribs: Governance and the Not-for-Profit Publisher
- The Importance of Open Access: An Interview with Patient Advocate Graham Steel
- Concrete Options For A Society Journal To Go OA
Tweet of the Day:
Every day I seem to be turning down requests to do peer reviews. My rule of thumb is only to do free peer reviews for open access journals.
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Owen Barder