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 -----Original Message----- 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. --- Rick Anderson Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication Marriott Library, University of Utah Desk: (801) 587-9989 Cell: (801) 721-1687 [log in to unmask] 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