Some random photos of UPRM-Mayaguez Campus
1. Usually, the Federal government (e.g., NSF, NASA, NIH, etc.) pay for the research.
2. The University pays the salary of the researcher who writes the paper.
3. The researcher submits the paper to the publishing company and the Science Editor (usually a volunteer) finds reviewers (volunteers) to review the paper.
4. The Researcher pays the publishing company to publish his or her paper.
5. The University pays the publishing company for a subscription to access the journal article.
6. The taxpayers that paid for the research cannot access the journal article without paying for an expensive subscription.
Does something appear to be wrong with this picture? Why do we need the publishing company?? Other than the production of hardcopy books, they really are not necessary. And the Direct Publishing/Print on Demand movement has shown that it is possible to publish hard copy documents and make them available to a mass market.
The following links provide detailed information related to the problems with the old publishing model and ideas for moving toward more open access.
“This week we have really cool collection of new papers. We have special section for papers on Greenland ice sheet – past, present, and future. Another special section deals with Arctic affairs – cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. We also have other papers on diverse subjects, such as biomass burning, ENSO, Italian newspapers, Great Cormorants, black carbon, and diurnal temperature range.” – Skeptical Science
This is for my graduate student who is defending her Ph.D. dissertation this summer. I always tell my students that they don’t need to write hundreds of pages for their thesis/dissertations and remind them that Albert Einstein’s dissertation was only 24 pages!! This article also includes some other interesting trivia about Albert Einstein, and will make the most self-doubting graduate student feel better about themselves.
Lugar: Caribe Fisheries Inc.
Finca de Acuicultura Tropical
Lajas, Puerto Rico
Programa – El programa consiste de un curso intensivo de cinco días tipo taller, el cual proveerá de forma detallada conocimiento práctico acerca de las técnicas para la reproducción inducida por hormonas, la incubación, crianza de larvas, manejo y producción del Pangasius hypophthalmus.
Dr. Michael McGee, Ph.D., Owner of Caribe Fisheries, Inc.
By Agustín A. Irizarry-Rivera, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
agustin@ece.uprm.edu
José A. Colucci-Ríos, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Chemical Engineering
biodieselpr1@aol.com
Efraín O’Neill-Carrillo, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
oneill@ece.uprm.edu
PRAGWATER 