iCommons Heather Ford August 21, 2007
Creative Commons Science Commons iCommons
Mission statement “ iCommons incubates and connects projects aimed at building the global digital commons. ”
Mission statement “ iCommons incubates and connects projects aimed at building the global digital commons. ”
Mission statement “ iCommons incubates and connects projects aimed at building the global digital commons. ”
How? 1. Incubating Encouraging and facilitating the sharing of technical knowledge around implementation.
How? 2. Connecting Profiling iCommons individuals, projects, events and activities.
iCommons Summit Rio, 2006 Dubrovnik, 2007
Education Commons
Enterprise Commons
Culture Commons
Cultural heritage and traditional knowledge
Public sector commons
Science Commons
Open publishing in a box Creative Commons toolkits Public domain project documentation Lab report and free culture calendar iCommons iCurriculum (ICIC)
Science Commons Publishing Licencing Data/databases
The Rio Framework for Open Science Resources and tools to implement open access on a local level
1. contracts for open science (CC) 2. software for open science (dspace, eprints, topaz, etc.) 3. evidence for open science (journal articles, data) 4. momentum for open science (press articles etc) 5. arguments for open science (to funders, universities, journals)
scholar’s copyright
“self archiving”
best done by librarians in institutional repositories
Science Commons Author Addenda
Southern African implementation project
1. contracts for open science (CC) 2. software for open science (dspace, eprints, topaz, etc.) 3. evidence for open science (journal articles, data) 4. momentum for open science (press articles etc) 5. arguments for open science (to funders, universities, journals)