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An "If You Didn't Think Open Science Was Important You Will Now" Story

Organ Damage In Rats From Monsanto GMO Corn

If the recent revelations re Merck-funded "peer-reviewed journals" didn't wake you up to the importance of publishing research data in an open and accessible context, then I'm sure pieces like this will help. I'm not able to comment on the science in the article, but it is a good example of why institutions need to support research data repositories and open data. Now.

Cybera/CANARIE National Summit | Summit 09: Partnerships in CI Development | Banff, Canada | Oct 12-16, 2009

Cybera/CANARIE National Summit

Some of the papers from the latest Cybera/CANARIE National Summit are available. My only observation is why can't the cyber-dudes that put sessions like this on also provide full streaming video of the sessions? Next time?

The OLE Project | Mellon foundation awards $2.3 million for OLE development

The OLE Project | Mellon foundation awards $2.3 million for OLE development

Good news - and just under the wire! It would be nice to see this effort integrate with projects like XC, Evergreen and Islandota to build that open library ecosystem that we all need and deserve.