DOES TEXT MINING REQUIRE OPEN ACCESS?
Steven Dickman writes on the challenges of searching the scientific literature in PLoS Biology, November 17, 2003. “Although the march toward better text-mining systems is building momentum, access could stop it in its tracks. Experts in text-searching uniformly cite access as a key obstacle for developing better search tools. ‘Access is a bigger problem than algorithms’ is how one machine-learning expert puts it, and a half-dozen others agreed.” Open Access News 11/17/03 http://www.plosbiology.org/plosonline/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0000048 MORE ON ELSEVIER BOYCOTT AND CANCELLATIONS Cornell University Library has posted a list of about two hundred Elsevier journal titles it is canceling for 2004. Harvard University says it is preparing for similar cuts in its Elsevier subscriptions. The University of California continues its negotiations with the Dutch publisher of scholarly scientific journals on behalf of all the UC campuses, while faculty on some campuses ha
