[open-bibliography] Legal issues around bibliographic data

Wed Mar 3 15:45:42 UTC 2010

Thanks for flagging this up Owen! I had seen it a little while ago,
but had not had a chance to look at it yet. I've contacted Naomi Korn
and the others to inform them of this group.

All the best,

Jonathan

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM, O.Stephens <o.stephens at open.ac.uk> wrote:
> 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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>> >
>>
>>
>>
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