[open-bibliography] Legal issues around bibliographic data

Wed Mar 3 13:02:17 UTC 2010

This recent guide from JISC may be of interest
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Projects/TransferandUseofBibliographicRecords.aspx

Of course, it is UK focussed, but it is likely to be the place many UK University libraries look for advice on the legalities of sharing bibliographic records.

Owen

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Gray [mailto:jonathan.gray at okfn.org] 
> Sent: 03 March 2010 12:18
> To: List for Working Group on Open Bibliographic Data
> Subject: Re: [open-bibliography] Getting started with the 
> Working Group on Open Bibliographic Data
> 
> Dear Lukas,
> 
> My apologies for the misunderstanding! We'd be delighted to 
> have your input to the group even if you're not able to be 
> very active and you're not able to make all the virtual 
> meetings. Alternately let me know (off list?) and I can 
> remove you from the group! ;-)
> 
> Happy to answer any questions about the OKF and about the new 
> working group. A couple of brief things:
> 
>   * The Open Knowledge Foundation is a not-for-profit, 
> community driven organisation dedicated to promoting open 
> knowledge in all its forms - from sonnets to statistics, 
> genes to geodata. Projects range from CKAN, an open source 
> registry of open data (recently used in
> data.gov.uk) to legal tools for making data open 
> (opendatacommons.org). We're in the process of establishing a 
> number of working groups related to open data and open 
> content in different areas, e.g. open data in science, the 
> public domain, open government data, and so on.
>   * This working group up was set up in the first instance to 
> strengthen the network of people interested in bibliographic 
> data that is open as in opendefinition.org. Also in the 
> longer term we hope there is scope for collaboration on 
> projects related to bibliographic data. The full statement of 
> purpose can be found on the working group
> page: http://wiki.okfn.org/wg/bibliography
> 
> Regarding specific projects and activities, at the moment 
> we're particularly interested in:
> 
>   * Sharing best practices, experience and expertise in 
> relation to opening up bibliographic data. Especially for 
> libraries that are considering this but perhaps don't know 
> about how to make their data legally open.
>   * Explaining why libraries and other metadata collections 
> might consider opening up their data - and how doing this 
> might create value for libraries and library users.
>   * Developing systems for the collaborative development of 
> bibliographic data - e.g. with users, permissions, versioning, etc.
>   * Documenting and/or developing projects which reuse open 
> bibliographic metadata. E.g. representing data on authors and 
> works on maps, timelines and other visualisation 
> technologies. Cleaning up and connecting bibliographic 
> datasets to other open datasets (e.g. in Linked Open Data community).
>   * Writing/blogging about the future of bibliographic data. 
> How bibliographic data can be more effectively shared and updated.
> 
> Would greatly appreciate any input/suggestions for list above!
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Koster, Lukas 
> <L.Koster at uva.nl> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am honoured to see my name in the company of so many well known 
> > people at http://wiki.okfn.org/wg/bibliography.
> > However, when I responded to a call on twitter some time ago, I 
> > actually only said that I was interested in promoting open 
> > bibliographic data. But I wanted to have more information about the 
> > ideas and objectives first. I still don't know what the OKF 
> and this 
> > working group on open bibliographic data actually stand for.
> >
> > I haven't agreed to actively participate in any kind of steering 
> > committee or similar. At the moment I do not have the time 
> for monthly 
> > calls at all; I already have lots of calls for other 
> volunteer groups. 
> > The Library of the University of Amsterdam, my employer, is 
> currently 
> > offering open access to their bibliographic data only through the 
> > usual interfaces (web, z39.50, sru, etc.). They are also strong 
> > advocates of open access to scientific publications. I 
> managed to get 
> > linked data/semantic web/rdf in the short term action plans.
> >
> > So I'm interested in promoting open bibliographic data, but I still 
> > have not enough information about OKF, and I definitely don't have 
> > time for a very active, organising role in this group.
> >
> > Lukas Koster
> > Head of Library Systems Department
> > Library of the University of Amsterdam 
> > ________________________________
> > Van: okfn.jonathan.gray at googlemail.com namens Jonathan Gray
> > Verzonden: wo 24-2-2010 18:05
> > Aan: open-bibliography at lists.okfn.org
> > Onderwerp: Getting started with the Working Group on Open 
> > Bibliographic Data
> >
> > Welcome to the new list for the Working Group on Open Bibliographic 
> > Data! A list of current members and the group's purpose is at:
> >
> >   http://wiki.okfn.org/wg/bibliography
> >
> > In terms of next steps, the first instance I propose:
> >
> >   1. We make sure that we have broad representation from existing 
> > projects and initiatives interested in open bibliographic data. It 
> > would be great if everyone could cast their eyes over the 
> list to see 
> > if there are any obvious omissions!
> >   2. We find a regular slot to have monthly virtual meetings. I 
> > suggest we do this on a weekday in the late afternoon/early evening 
> > GMT, e.g. 1700 GMT / 1800 CET / 0900 PST.
> >   3. Once we have done 1. and 2., we aim to launch the 
> working group 
> > in the next few weeks?
> >
> > How does this sound?
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Gray
> >
> > Community Coordinator
> > The Open Knowledge Foundation
> > http://blog.okfn.org
> >
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> >
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> 
> 
> 
> --
> Jonathan Gray
> 
> Community Coordinator
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
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> 
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