Dora Ann Lange Canhos, Paul F. Uhlir, and Julie M. Esanu (eds.), Access to Environmental Data: Summary of an Inter-American Workshop, 4-6 March 2004 Campinas, Sao Paolo, Brazil, CODATA (undated but apparently released June 30, 2004). Excerpt: "Scientists in many Latin American countries already have significant capabilities and data resources that would be of benefit to North American researchers through increased collaboration. Latin American researchers similarly would be afforded new or enhanced capacity-building opportunities and greater exposure to North American data management principles and know-how of direct relevance to their activities. The primary focus of the workshop, therefore, was on access to environmental data, which is a topic not adequately addressed from a scientific and technical data management and data policy perspective....The workshop participants recommend that all nations in the Americas participate in global and regional cross-boundary sharing efforts for environmental and geospatial data....Participants recognised the importance of access to environmental data and the impact of data access policies on environmental research. The workshop participants recommended that current environmental data access policies in the Latin American region be identified and documented for distribution to interested parties, with the long-term objective of providing information to identify issues and to help develop amendments to such policies that may be needed to promote access to environmental data."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/30/2004 10:33:00 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.
