DJ Kelly blogs that the Calgar City Council will consider an open government motion next week that would make all data collected by the city publicly available.
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Health Research Funders Join To Create PubMed Central Canada
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), and the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) have announced a three-way partnership to establish PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada). PMC Canada will be a national digital repository of peer-reviewed health […]
Study Finds Open Access Saves Millions of Dollars
A new economic study on the costs and benefits of open access in three countries – Denmark, the Netherlands, and the UK – finds that the annual savings would run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Vancouver Embraces Open Data, Standards and Source
The CBC reports that the City of Vancouver has passed a resolution endorsing the principles of making its data open and accessible to everyone where possible, adopting open standards for that data and considering open source software when replacing existing applications.
Vancouver Moves Toward Becoming an Open City
The City of Vancouver's City Council will consider a motion next week to become an open city. The motion endorses principles around open and accessible data, open standards, and the use of open source software.
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