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

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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