National Knowledge Commission to rejuvenate institutions, Kaumudi Online, January 13, 2005. An unsigned news story. Excerpt: 'Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday announced setting up of a National Knowledge Commission to rejuvenate the country's 'knowledge institutions' and meet the challenges of the 21st century....The NKC, he said, would be shaped by a knowledge pentagon with areas for action to increase access to knowledge for public benefit, develop new concepts of higher education, rejuvenate Science and Technology institutions, enable application of knowledge by industry to enhance manufacturing competitiveness and encourage intensive use of knowledge-based services by government to empower citizens.' (Thanks to Subbiah Arunachalam.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/13/2005 07:56:00 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.
