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

Peter Suber peter.suber at gmail.com
Fri Jul 12 16:00:44 UTC 2013


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
>> +44-1223-763069
>>
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