From: Anthony Watkinson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:26:38 +0000

This sounds a very appealing idea.

The researchers I interview are very wedded to Google Scholar. I am
not. I do not find it pleasant to use. But I am fortunate in that my
library subscribes to almost anything I might need.

I have just been looking at the ImpactStory blog:

http://blog.impactstory.org/smash-interstellar-paywall/

I wanted to find out how they know the version they find is legally
posted. I know if it is in a repository it will because librarians are
so careful and the version on ArXiv is usually a "preprint" so has not
been through the publishing process but I admire their confidence

I like this quote also. It takes you back to the old days: it really
does simplify a complex problem

"Eventually, the paywalls will all fall. Till then, we’ll be standing
next to ‘em, handing out ladders. Together with millions of principled
scientists, libraries, techies, and activists, we’re helping make
scholarly knowledge free to all humans. And whoever else is out there"

Anthony

Anthony Watkinson
Principal Consultant CIBER Research
Honorary Lecturer University College London
Director Charleston Conference



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From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:06:28 +0000

The nice thing about Unpaywall is that it doesn’t require you to
formulate a search. If you’ve installed the app, anytime you encounter
a paywalled article you’ll see a little tab on the right-hand side of
the screen that shows you whether or not Unpaywall has found a legal
free copy. If it has, you click on the tab and it takes you straight
there.

So I guess I’d say they’re complementary.

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Rick Anderson
Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication Marriott
Library, University of Utah
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    From: Brian Simboli <[log in to unmask]>
    Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:56:03 -0400

    To what extent does the new Impactstory look-up capability overlap
    with the same capabilities in Google Scholar?

    When would one want to use one as opposed to the other? Or are they
    complementary?

    Thanks
    Brian Simboli
    Lehigh University