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UK Looks to Canada on Mapping Data

The UK's Guardian with a story on how Canada is now a role model for making its mapping data freely available.

April 14, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — News

Open Access Law Canada

My colleague Elizabeth Judge has been spearheading an important initiative focused on open access and the law. Open Access Law Canada is part of the broader Open Access Law program that is working to support law reviews movement toward open access. The new site includes a model Canadian publication agreement […]

April 11, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — News

Willinsky on Open Access

A podcast of a recent speech from John Willinsky, Canada's leading advocate for open access and the author of The Access Principle, is well worth a listen.

April 11, 2007 — 1 comment — News

Von Hippel on Open Publishing

MIT Professor Eric Von Hippel comments on the commercial success of offering his books in open access format (hat tip: Peter Suber).

April 11, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — News

Canada Announces Free Access to Digital Mapping Data

This morning the Canadian government announced that it is providing free online access to digital mapping data. Starting on April 1, 2007, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) began making its electronic topographic mapping data available to all users free of charge over the Internet. Notes Minister Gary Lunn, "Not only will […]

April 5, 2007 — 1 comment — News