The Ottawa chapter of Data Management International (DAMA-Ottawa) held an event last week that featured presentations on the government’s open data plans.
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British Library, Google Reach Deal on Public Domain Digitization
The British Library and Google have reached an agreement to digitize 250,000 public domain books that will be made freely available online.
U.S. National Academies Press Puts All 4,000 Books Free Online
The U.S. National Academies Press, the publishing arm of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, has announced that it will offer its entire catalog of 4,000 books free online.
Cabinet Minister Mandate Letters for The Digital Era
Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry: As the new Minister of Industry, it falls to you to make the digital economy strategy initiated by your predecessor Tony Clement a reality. The centrepiece of the strategy should be universal, competitively priced broadband service. With a majority government in place, we have four years to open the market to new competitors, facilitate the introduction of new wireless broadband alternatives, encourage the market to offer fibre connections in all major markets, foster new local competitors, leverage the role of high speed research and education networks, consider using spectrum auction proceeds to fund broadband initiatives, and address anti-competitive pricing models. We should set realistic but ambitious targets for broadband speed, pricing, and competition that allows Canada to reverse a decade of decline and once again become a global leader.
Open Access Journal Growth in Canada: 2/3 of Learned Journals With Some OA
The Canadian Association of Learned Journals has released its annual report on scholarly journal publishing in Canada. The report finds a growing percentage have adopted open access models – 25 percent are fully open access and an additional 39 percent have a “moving wall” for open access (articles become openly […]