openness: for your research and for india
DESCRIPTION
Presentation given to senior civil-servants doing in-service training at Indian Institute for Public Administration in New Delhi, January 2010. Audio available here: http://reganmian.net/file/Talk%20IIPA%20Jan%204%202010.mp3TRANSCRIPT
Openness: for your research and for India
Stian HåklevOntario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Presented at Indian Institute for Public Administration, Delhi, January 4, 2010
Outline
Open research
Meaning of openness
Stories of openness
India: OER and open government
Open research
Previous knowledge
Libraries
OpenLib frontpage
OpenLib Sanskrit 1
OpenLib sanskrit 2
Ulib telugu
Journals
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12
E-LIS
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15
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Conversation
Mailing lists
Virtual conferences
Blogs
Turning journal articles into
conversations
Open Notebook Science
19
Useful Chem
Tools
Open Source Software
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Advanced mathematics and statistics
Mobile device emulators
Bibliography management
Open Office
Etc…
Openness as a transformative value
Free as in speech/beer
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free software
25
creative commons
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ccmixter
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flickr cc
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Different meanings of open
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Three pillars of openness
Open licenseOpen files/dataOpen collaboration
wikipedia
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the story of a seed
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a story enabled by openness
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Two case studies from India
nptel youtube
48
IIT Youtube 1
egyankosh yt
50
egyan tsp list
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egyan book
52
ind textbook main
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ind textbook fpag
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By making India’s
research and teaching available
you benefit the world – and India
itself!
Open government
British governmentPublic data will be published in reusable, machine-readable formPublic data will be available and easy to find through a single easy to use online access pointPublic data will be published using open standards and following the recommendations of the World Wide Web ConsortiumAny ‘raw’ dataset will be represented in linked data formMore public data will be released under an open licence which enables free reuse, including commercial reuseData underlying the Government’s own websites will be published in reusable form for others to usePersonal, classified, commercially sensitive and third-party data will continue to be protected.
