Public Access to Publicly Funded Resources: It's About Time Timothy Vollmer RTI Tech Conference 12 March 2013
Jan 27, 2015
Public Access to Publicly Funded Resources: It's About Time
Timothy VollmerRTI Tech Conference12 March 2013
Access to information in the US: a variety of perspectives
Transparency & Accountability
Economic activity & Innovation
Communication & Efficiency
Diplomacy & Information sharing
Citizen Participation
Access to information in the US: a variety of levels
Section 105OMB Circular A-130Data.gov
Publicly funded scientific researchPublicly funded educational content
Publicly funded scientific research
Publishing status quo
"Open-access literature as digital, online, free of charge, and free of most
copyright and licensing restrictions."
New US initiatives: public access to publicly funded research
FASTR
WHOA
“teaching, learning and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation
and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions"
New initiatives in public access to publicly funded educational content
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