[open-science] OFA Article on "Bottom-up creation of Open Scientific Knowledge"

Wed Jan 9 16:17:23 UTC 2013

Dear Peter,

I would like to contribute for the chapter on "Bottom-up creation of
Open Scientific Knowledge". Please take me as author.

Thanks & Regards
Sridhar
__________________________________________________________
Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotech. (WIPO)
Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) Central Institute for Subtropical
Horticulture
Joint Secretary, Agricultural Research Service Scientists' Forum
Convenor, Open Access India
Rehmankhera, Kakori Post
Lucknow 227107, Uttar Pradesh, India
Phone: +91-522-2841022/23/24; Fax: +91-522-2841025
Mobile:+91-9005760036/8005346136
Publications: http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/

On 9 January 2013 18:50, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> I (and a number of OKFers) am a fellow of the Open Forum Academy, a group
> centered on open Standards and practice primarily in IT but also related
> fields. One of their outputs is an Open book with contributed chapters. In
> the first book Jenny Molloy , Diane Cabell and I wrote a chapter on Open
> Content Mining see:
> http://openforumacademy.org/library/ofa-fellows-reference-library
>
> I have now volunteered another chapter on "Bottom-up creation of Open
> Scientific Knowledge" and they are happy to publish this. Is anyone
> interested in being a co-author? We would have an OKF affiliation as well as
> our day jobs.
>
> I proposed this on the basis that we have the means to create our own
> knowledge (whether directly of indirectly). This could include things like:
> * citizen science
> * aggregation and indexing of current open scientific knowledge
>
> I want to get across the idea that we now do not have to have science
> sanctioned from the top down. Suggest you mail this list with ideas and
> we'll find a skype time.
>
> --
> Peter Murray-Rust
> Reader in Molecular Informatics
> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
> University of Cambridge
> CB2 1EW, UK
> +44-1223-763069
> _______________________________________________
> open-science mailing list
> open-science at lists.okfn.org
> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science
> Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/open-science
>