The Andrea von Braun Foundation sponsored an unusual poetry competition associated with this year's Euroscience Open Forum (Munich, July 15-19, 2006). Eligible poems could address any topic covered by a session at the conference --including open access. For the outcome, let me turn you over to Alma Swan:
At the closing ceremony it was announced that Stevan Harnad had
been awarded the prize for the best poem in English....There are no additional prizes for guessing what the topic is before you read it!
Stevan has told the Andrea von Braun Foundation that he wishes to donate his
300 euro prize to the Alliance for Taxpayer Access in the US so that, in his words "in a small way Euroscience (thanks to the Andrea von Braun Foundation) can lend a hand to promoting the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) in the United States. This small gesture toward closing the circle worldwide will help hasten a global synergy, from which all science will benefit."
What a splendid gesture from a remarkable person.
See Alma's post for the text of Stevan's poem, Publish or Perish.
PS: Double honors to Stevan. Congratulations on the prize (Stevan, we hardly knew ye) and deep thanks for the donation to the ATA, which was beyond the call.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/21/2006 05:14:00 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.
