Re: Access to 2009 H1N1 Flu information

[<jean.claude.guedon@umontreal.ca>]

Thank you for this, Shirley (and hello in passing: long time no 
see...).

When editorial and financial imperatives trump research concerns, 
fake journals appear and scientific associations begin to behave 
in ways that are contrary to their stated mandates (disseminate 
knowledge). I suspect that, unknown to most of us, the boards of 
these commercial and learned bodies are being instructed in the 
art of mental restrictions by high-ranking Jesuits!

Jean-Claude Guedon


Shirley Ainsworth wrote:

> While I note with interest the journals whose publishers have 
> taken the decision to open up access to information about H1N1 
> flu resources, it seems lamentable that Science, such an 
> infuential publication, does not even permit timely 
> institutional suscription access to those resources from the 
> Science Express section. Articles such as Pandemic Potential of 
> a Strain of Influenza A (H1N1) : Early Findings, a 
> collaboration between Mexican, British and WHO researchers, are 
> out of reach of academics.
>
> Pity.
>
> --
> Shirley Ainsworth
> Bibliotecaria/Librarian
> Instituto de Biotecnologia, UNAM
> Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
> email shirley@ibt.unam.mx