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The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is a non-profit research initiative that is focused on the importance of making the results of publicly funded research freely available through open access policies, and on developing strategies for making this possible. It is a partnership between the Faculty of Education at the University of British ...
Open access research and the public domain in South African universities: The Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science, UNESCO, Paris. Willinsky, J. (2005).
Open access logo, originally designed by Public Library of Science. A PhD Comics introduction to open access. Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which nominally copyrightable publications are delivered to readers free of access charges or other barriers. [ 1 ]
7 April: United States National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy effected. July: Aaron Swartz releases the "Guerilla Open Access Manifesto", to send "a strong message against the privatization of knowledge". 2009 12 January: European Commission-funded OpenAIRE project begins, supporting implementation of open access in Europe. [10]
A massive open online course (MOOC / muːk /) or an open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web. [1] In addition to traditional course materials, such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions to ...
Science communication encompasses a wide range of activities that connect science and society. [1] Common goals of science communication include informing non-experts about scientific findings, raising the public awareness of and interest in science, influencing people's attitudes and behaviors, informing public policy, and engaging with ...
Open access in India. In India, the Open Access (उन्मुक्त अभिगम) movement started in May 2004, when two workshops were organized by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai. [1] In 2006, the National Knowledge Commission in its recommendations proposed that "access to knowledge is the most fundamental way of ...
Public Knowledge is an American non-profit public interest group based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 2001 by David Bollier, Gigi Sohn, and Laurie Racine, Public Knowledge is primarily involved in the fields of intellectual property law, competition and choice in the digital marketplace, and an open standards / end-to-end internet.