[okfn-discuss] Nice mention from the Wikimedia Foundation on open science

Thu Jul 21 07:38:42 UTC 2011

(Cc'ing open-science)

Cool! ;-)

Jenny: might you be able to put a note/quote about this on
science.okfn.org, if you have time?

J.

On Thursday, July 21, 2011, Tim McNamara <tim.mcnamara at okfn.org> wrote:
> "The open science movement is fighting to make scientific research –
> especially publicly funded research – more transparent, freely
> accessible and reusable. The goals of open science are closely aligned
> with our mission, yet for years there has been little institutional
> contact between our movement and initiatives such as Open Access and
> Open Data. Joining forces with individuals and organizations who are
> working to promote a culture of openness in the scientific community
> should be high on our agenda."
>
> You can see OKFN's role towards the end of the article
>
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/07/20/joining-forces-with-open-science/
>
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