[Ac-berlin10] Confirmation of Berlin 10 Conference Themes & Sub-themes

[Leslie Chan]

I like the confirmed theme, but wondered if it may be a bit redundant to
repeat the word networked. Perhaps something like  "Networked Scholarship:
Regional and Global Participation in Open Access" would be more concise and
highlight the varying scale and scope of "networked scholarship".

For Sub-theme 3, it may be important to add OA and Culture. There is often a
tendency to think of the economic benefits of OA but the cultural and
heritage aspects of OA are equally important. For example, what would OA
means for the "African Renaissance" movement?

Regarding sub-theme 4, this seems to be a mix bag. Interoperability is a
technical issue, while assessment and metrics are policy issues. It is
important to keep them distinct. Conflating them has been a problem in the
past. 

For Sub-theme 5, in addition to connecting North and South, it is important
to highlight connection between South and South, which in my view is far
more important from a development standpoint.

All for now.

Best
Leslie 

From:  "Smith, Ina <ismith at sun.ac.za>" <ismith at sun.ac.za>
Date:  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:30:52 +0200
To:  "ac-berlin10 at lists.lib.sun.ac.za" <ac-berlin10 at lists.lib.sun.ac.za>
Subject:  [Ac-berlin10] Confirmation of Berlin 10 Conference Themes &
Sub-themes

> Dear Advisory Committee Members,
>  
> At the last meeting of the Programme Committee, there was debate on the theme
> taking into consideration the comments made by members of the Advisory
> Committee. The confirmed theme of the conference is Networked scholarship in a
> networked world: participation in Open Access.  Further, there has been small
> changes to the sub themes, again, a result of contributions made by the
> Advisory Committee. It would be greatly appreciated if members of the AC could
> have a second look at the sub themes ­ your views are valued. The sub themes:
>  
> 1. General Open Access issues
> - Transformative impact of OA
> - Funding
> - Sustainability
> - Transformation in publishing
> 
> 
> 2. Open Access developing synergies with other forms of openness
> - OER¹s
> - Open Education
> - Open Data
> - Open Research
> - Grey material
>  
> 3. Benefits of OA for society
> - OA and empowerment
> - OA and innovation
> - OA and economic growth
> 
> 
> 4. Interoperability and assessment (metrics, quality of OA IR¹s and OA
> journals)
> 
> 
> 5. Network scholarship
> - interconnecting North and South
> - Interdisciplinary research
> - Young researchers
> - Student engagement
>  
> Kind regards
> Reggie 
> 
> 
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