[okfn-coord] Fwd: Forthcoming call for proposals CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 (topic on "Open access to scientific information")

Mon Jan 5 12:42:31 UTC 2009

Yes - it does seem right up our street.

Do people think this could be worth investigating?

Rufus - should I forward this to Peter?

J.

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Jordan S Hatcher
<jordan at opencontentlawyer.com> wrote:
> VERY interesting.
>
> Clearly there is a lot related to OKF here.  Any thoughts about specific
> projects?
>
> My pet projects I'd like to see (ones I've been looking for homes for just
> generally):
>
> -- an open content / data legal observatory much OSS Watch
> -- project to look at the underlying IP law in all EU member states related
> to public domain, with (likely) specific focus on recommending a model law
> or approach to dedicating works to the public  domain (it's not clear that
> this is possible anywhere in Europe AFAIK)
>
> The last of course fits with the PD calculators project.
>
> (and of course any open data related projects)
>
> ~Jordan
>
>
> On 18 Dec 2008, at 16:21, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>
>> Sounds interesting.
>>
>> J.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Subject: Forthcoming call for proposals CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 (topic on "Open
>> access to scientific information")
>>
>> Dear list members,
>>
>> This message is to inform you of a forthcoming call for proposals (CIP-ICT
>> PSP-2009-3) containing a topic on "Open access to scientific information"
>> (Objective 2.4).
>>
>> Complete information can be found at
>> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/index_en.htm.
>>
>>
>> This call will be published in the context of the Competitiveness and
>> Innovation Framework programme (CIP), ICT Policy Support Programme (PSP).
>> The DRAFT 2009 ICT PSP Work programme can be consulted here:
>>
>> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/documents/ICT%20P
>> SP%20WP2009%20-%20v21nov08.pdf.
>>
>> This DRAFT Work Programme 2009 is expected to be formally approved in
>> January 2009, and Call for Proposals CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 should open from
>> 29
>> January till 2 June 2009 (to be confirmed).
>>
>> The Information Day for this Call will be held on Monday 26 January 2009
>> in
>> Brussels from 11:00 to 17:30.
>> Draft agenda:
>>
>> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/documents/ict_psp
>> _info_day_2009_call3_draft_agenda_v1.pdf
>> Registration:
>>
>> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/register_to_atten
>> d_event/index_en.htm
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Relevant excerpt from the DRAFT 2009 ICT PSP Work programme:
>>
>> "Objective 2.4: Open access to scientific information
>>
>> Funding instrument: Pilot B - It is intended to support several actions.
>>
>> Focus and outcomes: Within the framework of the actions on scientific
>> information initiated by the Communication on scientific information in
>> the
>> digital age the objective is to improve the spread of European research
>> results. This objective is sought not only in the context of the Digital
>> Libraries Initiative, but also within the 7th Framework Programme for
>> Research and Technological Development (FP7).
>>
>> The term "scientific/scholarly content" refers to the results of
>> scientists'
>> or scholars' research work in the EU Member States or other countries
>> participating in the programme, which in the traditional publishing
>> paradigm
>> have been published as articles in learned journals, papers, conference
>> proceedings, monographs or books.
>>
>> In this context pilot B actions will be funded to carry out conclusive
>> experiments with open access to digital libraries of scientific/scholarly
>> content, including experiments exploring new paradigms for peer reviewing,
>> rendering, querying and linking scientific/scholarly content and
>> (optionally) the related underlying datasets.
>>
>> Conditions and characteristics:
>>
>> - The quality and quantity of the digital content (and related metadata)
>> to
>> be effectively contributed to the pilot by each content provider, as well
>> as
>> the criteria for its selection, must be clearly identified. The consortium
>> and its members must ensure the necessary availability of the content to
>> be
>> contributed to the pilot. In particular, the input content should not
>> depend
>> on proprietary third-party rights or any other constraints, which would
>> limit its use for the execution of the pilot.
>>
>> - The consortium and its members must agree on the necessary licensing or
>> clearing arrangements for any Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) arising
>> from the pilot to ensure wider use and dissemination of the project
>> output.
>>
>> - The actual content should be accessible and retrievable at item level.
>> Projects dealing only with catalogues of content will not be funded. The
>> results of the pilot must be accessible by the target users beyond the end
>> of the pilot.
>>
>> - The consortium must include content providers. It should also include or
>> involve explicitly in the project different types of relevant
>> stakeholders,
>> i.e. academic community, libraries, institutional repositories, scientific
>> publishers and the funding bodies.
>>
>> - The users, i.e. researchers, and their needs, also beyond the consortium
>> participants, must be clearly identified. Proposers must present an
>> analysis
>> of demand based as much as possible on quantified evidence. The users and
>> their needs should also be at the centre of the proposed approach.
>>
>> - The issues addressed and the way to tackle them should have a European
>> dimension, i.e. they should impact on a large number of users in the
>> largest
>> possible number of EU countries.
>>
>> - Proposers should demonstrate that the underlying content constitutes the
>> critical mass necessary to make a significant impact in terms of
>> increasing
>> access and use in the concerned area or that the experiments exploring new
>> paradigms can have a considerable impact on the future development of the
>> scientific information area.
>>
>> - Specific and realistic quantified indicators should be provided to
>> measure
>> the envisaged improvements in availability, access and use - at different
>> stages in the pilot lifetime.
>>
>> - A clear exploitation plan should be presented to ensure the
>> sustainability
>> of the proposed solutions, i.e. their capability of developing and
>> surviving
>> without Community funding after the end of the project. Sustainability
>> comprises both economic and organisational aspects.
>>
>> - A clear dissemination plan should be established to ensure optimal use
>> of
>> the pilot results, also beyond the participants in the pilot.
>>
>> Expected impact:  Open access to more scientific/scholarly content and/or
>> the development of new ways to
>> review, render, query and link scientific/scholarly content.
>>
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