[WSIS CS-Plenary] ITU and open access recommendations of WSIS

[Atanu Garai]

It seems that the issue of open content (I would prefer the term open
content as it is broader in scope than open access which currently refers to
academic/ scientific publishing. Open access is now practiced more or less
in scientific information only - for instance D-Space instances of MIT) can
be mapped within the WGIG issues basket (content?). despite of the great
advocacy efforts of the open access communities, the message has not been
translated into WSIS policy.

/Atanu

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of karen banks
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:15 PM
To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ITU and open access recommendations of
WSIS


dear parminder and all

I agree with you that ITU's case needs to be reviewed. Most of the UN
>organisations have book sale facilities, but at the same time, unlike ITU,
a
>good amount of the titles are made available through websites as well,
>typical example UNESCO and World Bank. If we have to implement the POA
text,
>ITU should open its repository of knowledge.

i'm interested in this particularly at the moment as the WGIG is finalising
the 'assessment' papers of existing governance mechanisms in respect the
'basket' of issues identified as important in the governance landscape.

there is one section on content accessibility and i would really appreciate
more/additional factual comments as regards the extent to which
organisations - particularly UN agencies, make their content available, and
under what circumstances - but also, interested in government policies that
promote open access models..

would need this pretty quickly though.. and, the info needs to be as brief
and succinct as possible..

karen


_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary at wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary