Libre accès et archives ouvertes. Mise en oeuvre des projets.
Texte déposé par Pfister Theophil le 19.03.2010 au Conseil national de la Suisse.
Le Conseil fédéral est chargé, dans son rôle de bailleur de fonds, de renforcer son soutien à la réalisation des objectifs du libre accès et des archives ouvertes et de viser la mise en oeuvre systématique de ces projets. Il évaluera les réglementations nécessaires à cet effet et soutiendra activement les décisions prises. La sécurité des données, l’accessibilité et la recherche dans Internet seront réglementées selon les principes régissant les projets de libre accès et d’archives ouvertes.
URL : http://www.parlament.ch/f/suche/pages/geschaefte.aspx?gesch_id=20103240
The Provenance of Electronic Data : In t…
The Provenance of Electronic Data :
In the study of fine art, provenance refers to the documented history of some art object. Given that documented history, the object attains an authority that allows scholars to appreciate its importance with respect to other works, whereas, in the absence of such history, the object may be treated with some skepticism. Our IT landscape is evolving as illustrated by applications that are open, composed dynamically, and that discover results and services on the fly. Against this challenging background, it is crucial for users to be able to have confidence in the results produced by such applications. If the provenance of data produced by computer systems could be determined as it can for some works of art, then users, in their daily applications, would be able to interpret and judge the quality of data better. We introduce a provenance lifecycle and advocate an open approach based on two key principles to support a notion of provenance in computer systems: documentation of execution and user-tailored provenance queries.
URL : http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/20862/
ICT in politics: from peaks of inflated …
ICT in politics: from peaks of inflated expectations to voids of disillusionment :
Today, most European democracies are experiencing a decline of confidence in traditional structures of policy formation and low voter turnout. In a climate of growing dissatisfaction with governments and politics, both citizens and policy-makers have realised the potential of electronic (e-) democracy for enhancing efficiency, approval and legitimacy of political processes. eParticipation is generally promoted rather uncritically. However, digital technologies do not “save us from ourselves” (Barber 1999) but work merely as amplifiers of existing political trends. They could even be creating new democratic problems or exacerbating old ones. It is probably to early to spot the full effects of eParticipation since new technologies show their actual effects only when some time has elapsed after their introduction. At present, the rapid flow of new digital tools is causing peaks of inflated expectations and voids of disillusionment, while the perennial problems of democracy remain unresolved.
URL : http://www.epractice.eu/en/document/313344
Open Access in France. A State of the Ar…
Open Access in France. A State of the Art Report – April 2010 : http://openaccess.inist.fr/openaccess/sites/openaccess/IMG/pdf/Open_Access_in_France_SELLreport_april_2010.pdf
ICT research: EU invests €500 million in Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) to improve people’s lives
Developing intelligent artificial hands for hand amputees, neural devices to help people suffering from vertigo, dizziness and other vestibular disorders and the possibility to see how your brain responds while learning are a few examples of European research carried out in the area of future and emerging information and communication technologies (FET) that are being presented in the European Parliament in Strasbourg today.
Twelve outstanding science projects funded under the European Commission’s Future and Emerging Technologies programme will be showcased at the exhibition on “Science beyond Fiction: an Excursion into Future and Emerging Technologies”. Europe is taking the lead in FET by proposing to invest around €500 million in exploratory research into high risk future Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).
URL : http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-10-140_en.htm?locale=nl
Here Are More Than 200 Free Rapid E-Lear…
Here Are More Than 200 Free Rapid E-Learning Tutorials: http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/here-are-more-than-200-free-rapid-e-learning-tutorials/
Research Assessment and a Diverse Role f…
Research Assessment and a Diverse Role for Repositories :
In the decade since the development of the Open Archiving Initiative’s OAI-PMH protocol, repositories have been used to support a growing number of agendas: open access, preservation, open data, open educational resources. As well as these, research assessment has become a major academic preoccupation in a number of countries, leading to enhanced roles for institutional repositories. This presentation focuses on the work of two JISC projects that support different aspects of research assessment, but concludes that the enhanced repository facilities needed for this specific agenda are important for general repositories.
URL : http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/20842/