Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science

Julie M. Esanu and Paul F. Uhlir, Editors, U.S. National Committee for CODATA, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction 1 Welcome by CODATA President; 3 2 Introduction by Symposium Chair; 4 3 UNESCO's Approach to Open-Access and Public-Domain Information; 5 4 Science Communication and Public Policy; 6 Session 1: Legal, Economic, and Technological Framework for Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science 5 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair; 7 6 Overview of Legal Aspects in the European Union; 8 7 Database Protection in Countries of the South; 9 8 Economic Overview of Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Scientific and Technical Information; 10 9 Scientific Research, Information Flows, and the Impact of Database Protection on Developing Countries; 11 10 Information Technology and Data in the Context of Developing Countries; 12 Session 2: Data and Information in the Public Health Sector 11 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair; 13 12 The Ptolemy Project: Delivering Electronic Health Information in East Africa; 14 13 Health Information for Disaster Preparedness in Latin America; 15 14 Bioline International and the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine: A Collaborative Model of Open-Access Publishing; 16 Session 3: Data and Information in the Environmental Sector 15 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair; 17 16 Geospatial Information for Development; 18 17 Borders in Cyberspace: Conflicting Government Information Policies and Their Economic Impacts; 19 18 Recent Developments in Environmental Data Access Policies in the Peoples' Republic of China; 20 Session 4: Basic Sciences and Higher Education 19 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair; 21 20 Information Needs for Basic Research: An African Perspective; 22 21 International Transfer of Information in the Physical Sciences; 23 22 Access to Scientific Information: The Ukrainian Research and Academic Network; 24 Session 5: Innovative Models for Public-Domain Production of and Open Access to Scientific and Technical Data and Information 23 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair; 25 24 A Contractually Reconstructed Research Commons for Scientific Data: International Considerations; 26 25 The Open-Source Paradigm and the Production of Scientific Information: A Future Vision and Implications for Developing Countries; 27 26 New and Changing Scientific Publication Practices Due to Open-Access Publication Initiatives; 28 27 Overview of Open-Access and Public-Commons Initiatives in the United States; 29 Session 6: Examples of New Initiatives in Developing Countries 28 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair; 30 29 Overview of Initiatives in the Developing World; 31 30 Open-Source Geographic Information Systems Software: Myths and Realities; 32 31 Open-Access Research and the Public Domain in South African Universities: The Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems; 33 32 The Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems; 34 33 Metadata Clearinghouse and Open Access to Geographic Data in Namibia; 35 34 Open-Access Initiatives in India; 36 35 Closing Remarks by Symposium Chair; 37 Appendix A: Symposium Agenda; 38 Appendix B: Biographical Summaries of Symposium Speakers and Steering Committee Members; 39 Appendix C: Symposium Attendees; 40 Appendix D: Acronyms and Initialisms