Yes, I absolutely agree Eric - I am not sure if it is because we have no National Library - it might just be because of the US notions of individuality and freedom of commerce - as a country, we just won't tell anyone what to do, even if it’s to be open.
LIBER open data agreement: http://libereurope.eu/libers-open-access-publication-guidelines/ Sir Tim, Open Data Institute in Britain: http://theodi.org/team/timbl ; http://theodi.org/ EU/EC Neelie Kroes, open data - http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/en/tags/data My 2 cents and worth every penny - deb On Dec 19, 2014, at 8:48 AM, Eric Lease Morgan <emor...@nd.edu> wrote: > I don’t know about y’all, but it seems to me that things like linked data and > open access are larger trends in Europe than here in the United States. Is > there are larger commitment to sharing in Europe when compared to the United > States? If so, is this a factor based on the nonexistence of a national > library in the United States? Is this your perception too? —Eric Morgan dsshap...@wisc.edu Debra Shapiro SLIS, the iSchool at UW-Madison Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 4282 600 N. Park St. Madison WI 53706 608 262 9195 mobile 608 712 6368 FAX 608 263 4849
