Introducing The Source
Next Generation Connectivity: A review of broadband internet transitions and policy from around the world (Note: PDF)
From the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website
Fostering the development of a ubiquitously networked society, connected over high-capacity networks, is a widely shared goal among both developed and developing countries. High capacity networks are seen as strategic infrastructure, intended to contribute to high and sustainable economic growth and to core aspects of human development. In the pursuit of this goal, various countries have, over the past decade and a half, deployed different strategies, and enjoyed different results. This study reviews the current plans and practices pursued by other countries in the transition to the next generation of connectivity, as well as their past experience. By observing the experiences of a range of market-oriented democracies that pursued a similar goal over a similar time period, we hope to learn from the successes and failures of others about what practices and policies best promote that goal. By reviewing current plans or policy efforts, we hope to learn what others see as challenges in the next generation transition, and to learn about the range of possible solutions to these challenges.
NIST Definition of Cloud Computing
From the Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology website
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) role in cloud computing is to promote the effective and secure use of the technology within government and industry by providing technical guidance and promoting standards. This website contains NIST's definition of cloud computing as well as related guidance. This definition will serve as a foundation for our upcoming publication on cloud models, architectures, and deployment strategies. Computer scientists at NIST developed this draft definition in collaboration with industry and government and we expect it to evolve over time as the cloud industry and cloud technology matures.
Copyright and Libraries - Cory Doctorow interview
From Cory Doctorow's website
‘Internet Librarian International’ took place recently in London and one of the keynote speakers was writer, blogger, “copyright activist,” and editor of Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow. Here’s an 11 minutes webcast where Doctorow chats with Jaap van de Geer about several topics including:
- Copyright in the age of the Internet
- What publishers are scared of
- The future of publishers and libraries
- E-Books
- The ownership of a book (vs, records and movies)
- Author recognition of copyright issues
- Librarians
Open Access – Harvard's success story (Note: Podcast)
From the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) website
In October 2008 Harvard University adopted an open access policy for all its research papers to be made available in their university repository, in an opt out basis. Twelve months on, since the policy was adopted, JISC's Rebecca O'Brien speaks with Professor Robert Darnton, Director of Harvard University Library and trustee of New York Public Library and the Oxford University Press (USA), about the cultural change that is taking place at Harvard and the background to why professors at the university decided to share their knowledge in this way.
The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery
From the Microsoft Research website
A new book, ‘The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery’, is available online (full text, free) and is a tribute to the work of the computer scientist, Jim Gray, who was lost at sea in 2007. The entire book is a collection of essays and can be downloaded as a single PDF or individual parts. The part of the book containing essays on the future of scholarly publishing contains an introduction along with six essays written by a who’s who in scholarly publishing and information retrieval.
- Introduction by Lee Dirks
- Jim Gray’s fourth paradigm and the construction of the scientific record by Clifford Lynch
- Text in a data-centric world by Paul Ginsparg
- All aboard: toward a machine-friendly scholarly communication system by Herbert Van de Sompel and Carl Lagoze
- The future of data policy by Anne Fitzgerald, Brian Fitzgerald and Kylie Pappalardo
- I have seen the paradigm shift, and it is us by John Wilbanks
- From web 2.0 to the global database by Timo Hannay
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