Ronald E LaPorte and eight co-authors, Papyrus to PowerPoint (P 2 P): metamorphosis of scientific communication, BMJ, 325 (December 21, 2002) 1478-1481. The authors argue that free online powerpoint presentations can and should replace scientific journals (print or online). In addition to making their case in this BMJ article, they also make it in a free online powerpoint presentation, and ask readers to vote on which format they prefer. (Thanks to Malcolm Dow.)
David Sharp is supposed to have an editorial on the LaPorte theory in the December 21 Lancet, but either it's not online or I can't find it. (Can anyone help with the text or URL?)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/20/2002 05:36:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
