[GOAL] Open to closed: analysis of public domain government data

[Heather Morrison]

Boettcher & Dames (2018) raise some important issues regarding public domain 
government data. In brief, the U.S. federal government releases data into the 
public domain by default. This raises 2 potential types of issues:

  *   privacy and security of individuals' data
  *   potential for enclosure / privatization of free public services if the 
government's data is released as open data but the government does not maintain 
a free human readable version

From:

Boettcher, J. C., & Dames, K. M. (2018). Government Data as Intellectual 
Property: Is Public Domain the same as Open Access? Online Searcher, 42(4), 
42–48.
https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1051174

Abstract
Public domain and open data policies and how they are made. Current status of 
open data policies in the Federal government are changing with new laws. What 
is HR4174/S4047 and what does it say and mean? What are trends in government 
data policies regarding access to that statistical data? This article will give 
the reader an understanding of federal policies and laws regarding data.

best,


Heather Morrison

Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa

Professeur Agrégé, École des Sciences de l'Information, Université d'Ottawa

Principal Investigator, Sustaining the Knowledge Commons, a SSHRC Insight 
Project

sustainingknowledgecommons.org

heather.morri...@uottawa.ca

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[GOAL] Science, let's talk: your friend, all the other knowledges.

[Heather Morrison]

The purpose of the Sustaining the Knowledge Commons research program is to help 
in the process of transitioning to a stable global knowledge commons, through 
which everyone can access all of our collective knowledge free-of-charge and 
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions and to which all who are 
qualified are welcome to contribute. One common problem that I see in the open 
access movement and in the scientific community (OA or not) is a tendency to 
conflate knowledge and science. I argue that this is a serious problem not only 
for other forms of knowledge, but a potential immanent existential threat to 
science itself. At a recent talk I presented a brief explanation of the 
argument.

Abstract:
https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2019/04/09/science-lets-talk-your-friend-all-other-knowledges/

Presentation:
https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/38890


Heather Morrison

Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa

Professeur Agrégé, École des Sciences de l'Information, Université d'Ottawa

Principal Investigator, Sustaining the Knowledge Commons, a SSHRC Insight 
Project

sustainingknowledgecommons.org

heather.morri...@uottawa.ca

https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/?lang=en#/members/706
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