Below are a couple of though provoking essays. Needless to say,
they do not necessarily represent my opinions, just that it is a
matter that the producers and consumers of paleontological
research have to deal with in their lives.
Dear Scholars, Delete Your Account At Academia.Edu
Sarah Bond, Forbes, #WhoaScience, January 23, 2017
http://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/01/23/dear-scholars-delete-your-account-at-academia-edu/
A response to the above article is:
Who Isn’t Profiting Off the Backs of Researchers?
Jon Tennant, The Crux, February 1, 2017
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2017/02/01/who-isnt-profiting-off-the-backs-of-researchers/
Green Tea and Velociraptors, Jon Tennant
(Papers on open access and vertebrate paleontology)
https://tinyurl.com/jogxpel
Yours,
Paul H.
"And some rin up hill and down dale,
Knapping the chunky stanes to pieces wi’ hammers,
Like sae many road makers run daft.
They say it is to see how the warld was made."
Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan’s Well. 1824