Cost-effective access to digital data that results from publicly-funded research is one of the topics to be highlighted at an international conference.
The exchange of ideas, knowledge and data is fundamental for human progress and part of the core of values of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
"The governments of SA, China, Israel and Russia as well as of the 30 OECD countries have adopted a declaration on open access to research data resulting from public funding. According to the declaration, they asked the OECD to develop guidelines and principles for facilitating optimal access to digital research data," explains Dr Martie van Deventer, research information expert at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and chairperson of the conference organising committee....
The SA Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Mosibudi Mangena, will talk on the implications of the OECD declaration for African and South African policy on research data and information management....
The infrastructure to provide access to research data is still underdeveloped in Africa....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/31/2008 09:55:00 AM.
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.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
