Feb 10, 2010
Posted in Chemistry at 10:11 am by David Bradley -- 24 Comments; add yours
Chemist Adam Azman contacted me more than two years ago to ask if I knew of a free or open source chemistry spellchecker custom dictionary for Word or OpenOffice. Searches had revealed only paid-for dictionaries. We both agreed that a free chemical spellchecker would be very useful to all scientists working with chemicals, so Adam set about creating from scratch an open access chemistry dictionary.
The spellchecker files were originally hosted on Chemspy.com …
Oct 24, 2008
Posted in Bird Flu, Science at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 4 Comments; add yours
There is much talk about Open Access. There are those in academia who argue the pros extensively in all fields, biology, chemistry, computing. Protagonists are making massive efforts to convert users to this essentially non-commercial form of information and knowledge.
Conversely, there are those in the commercial world who ask, who will pay for OA endeavours and how can growth (current recession and …
Jul 18, 2008
Posted in Science at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 4 Comments; add yours
Intellectual property, copyright, creative commons, copyleft, open access… These are all terms high on the science and other agenda these days. For example, public-funded scientists the world over are calling for research results to be available free to them and their peers for the public good and for the good of scientific advancement itself. Librarians likewise are also interested in the fullest dissemination …
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