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Reminder: White House wants your input on Public Access to Data and Publications
In the U.S., the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has released two Requests for Information (RFI) soliciting public input on long term preservation of and public access to the results of federally funded research, including digital data and peer-reviewed scholarly publications. The deadline for responding to the RFIs is January 2, [...] Continue reading
Posted in digital data, open access, OSTP, public access, request for information, RFI, scholarly publications, Weblog, white house
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Free and unrestricted Public Sector Information: Study finds benefits outweigh costs
Governments around the world are increasingly relying on open licenses to release public sector information (PSI). A September 2011 report titled Costs and Benefits of Data Provision, prepared by John Houghton for the Australian National Data Service, examines the immediate and wider economic costs and benefits to making PSI available. The key takeaway from the [...] Continue reading
Posted in Australia, CC BY, Houghton, open access, open licensing, PSI, public sector information, report, Weblog
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UNESCO and COL release open education policy document for higher education
Posted in COL, higher education, OER, open educational resources, policy, UNESCO, Weblog
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$500 million awarded to first round grantees for community college career training program
Today the U.S. Department of Labor, in coordination with the Department of Education, announced the first wave of grant winners in support of ”targeted training and workforce development to help economically dislocated workers who are changing careers.” Today’s announcement commits nearly $500 million to 32 grantees, with a $2 billion investment expected over the next 4 years. Secretary [...] Continue reading
Posted in CC BY, Department of Education, Department of Labor, grantees, open educational resources, Weblog
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Launch of The Public Domain Review website
By Dr Julius Neubronner [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons We’re pleased to see the launch of The Public Domain Review. The Review is a website with weekly updates in which scholars, writers, artists, librarians and others present an interesting or curious work (including films, photographs, texts and audio) from the public domain and write short [...] Continue reading
Posted in Open Knowledge Foundation, public domain, public domain review, Weblog
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Sir John Daniel of the Commonwealth of Learning: Open Education and Policy
Sir John Daniel by COL / CC BY. Sir John Daniel has been working in open education from its earliest days. “Openness is in my genes,” he says. Sir John is President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning, or COL. COL is an intergovernmental organization comprised of 54 member states. The overarching focus area [...] Continue reading
Posted in CC Talks With, COL, OER, open education, open education and policy, policy, Sir John Daniel, Weblog
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