[open-science] Proof to funding agencies (companies) that open work is a good idea

[Peter Suber]

Hi Jason,

For more evidence that the economic benefits of OA exceed the costs, see
the updates and supplements to my book (Open Access, MIT Press, 2012) for
p. 133.
http://bit.ly/oa-book

     Best,
     Peter

Peter Suber
bit.ly/petersuber



On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Jason Moore <moorepants at gmail.com> wrote:

> Peter,
>
> This report great and will be very helpful. I hadn't seen it yet. Thanks!
>
>
> Jason
> moorepants.info
> +01 530-601-9791
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>wrote:
>
>> I'd point them to the report by Battelle
>>
>> http://battelle.org/docs/default-document-library/economic_impact_of_the_human_genome_project.pdf
>> This showed a multiplier effect of ca 140 downstream dollars for every 1
>> dollar invested.
>> I believe this is used in Washington to justify the value of public
>> funding for wealth generation. The Obama government has an initiative in
>> materials science entitled (rather bizarrely) "Materials Genome".
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Jason Moore <moorepants at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just joined a new lab and am under a grant from the state of Ohio
>>> which hopes that our work generates IP for particular companies in Ohio so
>>> that ultimately jobs are created in Ohio.
>>>
>>> I, on the other hand, want to share my work openly as I have in the past
>>> from preliminary to publication and beyond so that the world can benefit.
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if anyone can point me to some specific resources, case
>>> studies, or other things that could help bolster our arguments for openness
>>> to the state agency that funds us. I'd ultimately like to convince the
>>> funders that being open is in fact beneficial to their goals of improving
>>> the economy in Ohio. I believe this in an idealistic sense, but am not sure
>>> I can really argue that.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Jason
>>> moorepants.info
>>> +01 530-601-9791
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter Murray-Rust
>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>> University of Cambridge
>> CB2 1EW, UK
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>>
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