User:Daniel Mietchen/Talks/COASP 2010/Notes/Parry's recommendations

After Parry's recommendations to academics:

Stop Publishing in Closed Systems

 * OA publishers are already there

Self Publish

 * Hard to accept for publishers; does it offer opportunities?

End the .pdf madness

 * Practical demonstration in this talk

Get Over (pre-publication) Peer Review

 * Focus of this talk; multiple opportunities for post-publication review by peers and others

Aspire to Be a Curator

 * If stand-alone publications are not necessary any more, academics can engage in gardening the knowledge in their area

Think Beyond the Book/ Journal

 * There is but one journal
 * Knowledge evolves, and so should its representation