The Information Commons Interest Group brings together library stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds to develop, support, and promote projects and ideas that foster the growth of an information commons. Recognizing that we as information workers are under immense pressure from industries and governments (both domestic and international) to tighten control over information creation and dissemination, we are of the mind that projects contributing to the free-flow of information are vital if we want to foster a nation where ideas can be shared freely and openly. We represent public, school, academic, government, and special libraries; we recognize the extent to which we all have a stake in how we produce and access information....The increasing control and commodification of information restricts our ability to encourage and foster positive developments in our cultural, academic, and economic growth. We aim to work internationally with librarians, library associations, our employers, and other interested people to contribute to the growth of the global information commons.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/22/2005 09:11:00 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.
