[okfn-discuss] Proposal for OpenThesis Project

Tue Jul 13 13:16:19 UTC 2010

On 13 July 2010 14:00, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> The problem is that there are probably 5000 - 10000 HE institutions
> globally (anyone have a better figure?) and we can only do this by
> crowdsourcing. (Have we ever had the idea of an OKF contact/group per
> institution? This could be a very powerful way of engaging?)
>

Would something along these lines work:
(0. Decide what we want)

   1. Make a website for the project, along the lines of
   pantonprinciples.org, setting out clearly what we're aiming for and why
   it's a good idea.
   2. Work with high profile universities (Cambridge is an obvious target,
   though I don't know how they make theses available at present) to get them
   signed up, preferably with a press release saying how proud they are to be
   working with us, at the forefront of the internet, and so on.
   3. Provide encouragement and assistance as other universities catch on
   and want to follow suit.

We'd still have to build up enough momentum in step 2 that the idea catches
on.

Thomas
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