[BOAI] Raincoat Science: 43 More Open Access Haikus

[Stevan Harnad]

I've often reflected that OA is a lot closer to raincoat science than  
rocket science.
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/179-Raincoat-Science.html
The essential message is super-simple:

     It's the online age
     You're losing research impact...
     Make it free online

About as deep and complex as the following -- and yet, for two  
decades, the response has been Zeno's Paralysis:
http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12094/

     Look kids, it's raining
     Time to put on your raincoats...

     Can't: against the law  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#10.Copyright
     Won't: no clouds I saw
     Can't: branding's at risk  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#5.Certification
     Won't: I must keep wet  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#27.Secrecy
     Can't: which coat to choose?  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#23.Version
     Won't: my pay I'll lose  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#35.Royalties
     Can't: coats may go bad  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#3.Corruption
     Won't: drought risk increased  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#28.Affordability
     Can't: too much to do  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#34.Priorities
     Won't: rain's good for you
     Can't: can't read instrux  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#15.Readability
     Won't: need cheaper meds  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#30.Rechanneling
     Can't: standards at risk  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#7.Peer
     Won't: risks towel biz  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#17.Publishers
     Can't: weathermen's needs  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#19.Learned
     Won't: there's too much rain  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#4.Navigation
     Can't: the look's not right  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#16.Graphics
     Won't: let's wait sky-shield  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#33.DigitaLibidoo
     Can't: trees need their jobs  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#18.Libraries
     Won't: might miss good drops  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#21.Serendipity
     Can't: they have no tags  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#25.Mark-Up
     Won't: need weathercasts  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#26.Classification
     Can't: careers at risk  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#22.Tenure/ 
Promotion
     Won't: steals druggists' biz  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#24.Napster
     Can't: could dehydrate
     Won't: lest I'm not first  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#12.Priority
     Can't: which safe to wear?  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#2.Authentication
     Won't: wait for clime change  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#31.Waiting
     Can't: raincoats decay  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#1.Preservation
     Won't: cuts medics' pay  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#14.Capitalism
     Can't: bankrupts brollies  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#8.Paying
     Won't: parents' excess  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#20.University
     Can't: global drying
     Won't: disrupts climate  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#9.Downsizing
     Can't: quality risk  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#6.Evaluation
     Won't: false weathercasts  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#13.Censorship
     Can't: risks coat recall  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#32.Poisoned
     Won't: not wet at all  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#29.Sitting
     Can't: can't fasten snaps  --  http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ 
10688/
     Won't: dries others up  --  http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#11.Plagiarism
     Can't: god meant us wet
     Won't: dry's not enough  --  http://bit.ly/cK2IN

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