Open access and the public domain in digital data and information for science : proceedings of an international symposium / Julie M. Esanu and Paul F. Uhlir, editors ; U.S. National Committee for CODATA, Board on International Scientific Organizations, Policy and Global Affairs Division ; National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Esanu, Julie M.

Uhlir, P. F. (Paul F.), 1954-

U.S. National Committee for CODATA.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in science.

Information technology--Government policy.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This symposium, which was held on March 10-11, 2003, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, brought together policy experts and managers from the government and academic sectors in both developed and developing countries to (1) describe the role, value, and limits that the public domain and open access to digital data and information have in the context of international research; (2) identify and analyze the various legal, economic, and technological pressures on the public domain in digital data and information, and their potential effects on international research; and (3) review the existing and proposed approaches for preserving and promoting the public domain and open access to scientific and technical data and information on a global basis, with particular attention to the needs of developing countries.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

INTRODUCTION

1 Welcome by CODATA President

Shuichi Iwata

2 Introduction by Symposium Chair

M. G. K. Menon

3 UNESCO's Approach to Open-Access and Public-Domain Information

Koïchiro Matsuura

4 Science Communication and Public Policy

David Dickson

SESSION 1: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, AND TECHNOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR OPEN ACCESS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN DIGITAL DATA AND INFORMATION FOR SCIENCE

5 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair

Elizabeth Longworth

6 Overview of Legal Aspects in the European Union

Thomas Dreier

7 Database Protection in Countries of the South

Alan Story

8 Economic Overview of Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Scientific and Technical Information

Robin Cowan

9 Scientific Research, Information Flows, and the Impact of Database Protection on Developing Countries

Clemente Forero-Pineda

10 Information Technology and Data in the Context of Developing Countries

Chrisanthi Avgerou

SESSION 2: DATA AND INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR

11 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair

Dialo Diop

12 The Ptolemy Project: Delivering Electronic Health Information in East Africa

Massey Beveridge

13 Health Information for Disaster Preparedness in Latin America

Jean Luc Poncelet

14 Bioline International and the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine: A Collaborative Model of Open-Access Publishing

D. K. Sahu and Leslie Chan

SESSION 3: DATA AND INFORMATION IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR

15 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair

Farouk El-Baz

16 Geospatial Information for Development

Mukund Rao

17 Borders in Cyberspace: Conflicting Government Information Policies and Their Economic Impacts

Peter Weiss

18 Recent Developments in Environmental Data Access Policies in the Peoples' Republic of China

Liu Chuang.

SESSION 4: BASIC SCIENCES AND HIGHER EDUCATION

19 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair

Lulama Makhubela

20 Information Needs for Basic Research: An African Perspective

Andrew M. Kaniki

21 International Transfer of Information in the Physical Sciences

R. Stephen Berry

22 Access to Scientific Information: The Ukrainian Research and Academic Network

Mikhail Zgurovsky

SESSION 5: INNOVATIVE MODELS FOR PUBLIC-DOMAIN PRODUCTION OF AND OPEN ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DATA AND INFORMATION

23 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair

Dominique Foray

24 A Contractually Reconstructed Research Commons for Scientific Data: International Considerations

Jerome Reichman and Paul Uhlir

25 The Open-Source Paradigm and the Production of Scientific Information: A Future Vision and Implications for Developing Countries

Charles M. Schweik , J. Morgan Grove, and Tom P. Evans

26 New and Changing Scientific Publication Practices Due to Open-Access Publication Initiatives

Erik Sandewall

27 Overview of Open-Access and Public-Commons Initiatives in the United States

Harlan Onsrud

SESSION 6: EXAMPLES OF NEW INITIATIVES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

28 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair

Alexei Gvishiani

29 Overview of Initiatives in the Developing World

Sarah Durrant

30 Open-Source Geographic Information Systems Software: Myths and Realities

Gilberto Câmara and Harlan Onsrud

31 Open-Access Research and the Public Domain in South African Universities: The Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems

Sal Muthayan

32 The Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems

Florence Muinde

33 Metadata Clearinghouse and Open Access to Geographic Data in Namibia

Ndaendelao (Emma) Noongo and Nico Willemse

34 Open-Access Initiatives in India

T. B. Rajashekar

35 Closing Remarks

APPENDIXES.

Appendix A

International Symposium on Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science

Appendix B

Biographical Summaries of Symposium Speakers and Steering Committee Members

Appendix C

Symposium Attendees

Appendix D

Acronyms and Initialisms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-309-18214-X

1-280-20912-7

9786610209125

0-309-53007-5

OCLC:

57481768