Adam Afriyie, Government must improve access to data, The Conservative Party, February 10, 2009. Afriyie is a Conservative shadow minister for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
The campaign to ‘free our data’ is an important one – all the more so at a time when our economy is in deep recession. ...
So my vision is for a more open, innovative and better connected society: a society where access to communication technology creates more powerful citizens and a less controlling state; a society where the free-flow of public information energizes entrepreneurs and social innovators.
Data will be the fuel of this new economy. And as the repository of the country’s public data, the Government already has a vital presence in the field. ...
There is now a growing literature arguing for more open access to public data. But the Government’s response, in our opinion, has been little and late. ...
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.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
