[open-science] JennyMolloy and PeterMR representing OKF at Open Science Summit

Thu Oct 27 17:42:08 UTC 2011

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Heather Morrison <hgmorris at sfu.ca> wrote:

> To help people make the connection between open access and saving lives in
> the developing, would it help:
>
> -       to briefly mention Open Education? perhaps the UNESCO initiative?
> This related initiative addresses the question of facilitating basic
> education quite directly.
>
> http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources/
>
> -       to speak to south to south and south to north knowledge
> dissemination? Leslie Chan is one of the experts here, perhaps he can
> provide some specifics. In brief, as long as the focus is on the knowledge
> production of the developed world, the needs of the developing world are
> likely to be short-changed. Lots of research on obesity, little on
> malnutrition or how to manage food security with little or no $ to work
> with.
>
> This is great Heather,

There is actually an immediate urgency (which has suddenly arisen) _ Jenny
and I and other have to make a video within 24 hours. (Of course that's not
the end of the story). We want to bolt together clips from OSS video with
bits of Graham Steel presenting patientsLikeMe and Leslie's clip that Iryna
posted. The video will be 5 mins long and present particularly what I and
OKF can do NOW so there is a concentration on the December Hackathon. I'll
explain the context later.

P.

my two bits,
>
> Heather Morrison
> Doctoral Candidate, Simon Fraser University School of Communication
> http://pages.cmns.sfu.ca/heather-morrison/
> hgmorris at sfu.ca
>
> On 2011-10-27, at 9:37 AM, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > 2011/10/27 Iryna Kuchma <iryna.kuchma at eifl.net>
> > If we are talking about open access to scholarly publications please
> believe me that people in universities and research institutions in
> developing countries do have computers and internet. this is one of the
> examples of a Kenyan researcher speaking about open access: Prof. Mary
> Abukutsa-Onyango discusses the importance of open access for research from
> Kenya and other African countries (http://vimeo.com/10169351) and I can
> share more evidences like this.
> >
> > Many thanks for this. The video is exactly what Jenny and I need for a
> clip. It's no coincidence that it was created by Leslie Chan who is one of
> the group of us who dreamt up Open Research Reports.
> >
> > Yes, OA is absolutely critical.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Iryna Kuchma
> > EIFL Open Access programme manager
> > www.eifl.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Peter Murray-Rust
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Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
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