Comments on: The Case for Open Access Books http://www.dancohen.org/2008/01/24/the-case-for-open-access-books/ Covering the intersection of digital technology and research, teaching, and learning in the humanities, including search, data mining, website development and design, and programming. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:01:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: The Leisurely Historian… » Blog Archive » Open Access Academic Publishing http://www.dancohen.org/2008/01/24/the-case-for-open-access-books/#comment-1612 The Leisurely Historian… » Blog Archive » Open Access Academic Publishing Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:57:47 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/2008/01/24/the-case-for-open-access-books/#comment-1612 [...] Dan Cohen’s blog has brought to my attention an interesting article by Charles Bazerman, David Blakesley, Mike Palmquist, and David Russell about the positive response to their book, Writing Selves/Writing Societies. [...] [...] Dan Cohen’s blog has brought to my attention an interesting article by Charles Bazerman, David Blakesley, Mike Palmquist, and David Russell about the positive response to their book, Writing Selves/Writing Societies. [...]

]]> By: SK 5/08: Publiser for publikum « Plinius http://www.dancohen.org/2008/01/24/the-case-for-open-access-books/#comment-1604 SK 5/08: Publiser for publikum « Plinius Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:35:05 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/2008/01/24/the-case-for-open-access-books/#comment-1604 [...] Dan Cohen. The case for open access books. [...] [...] Dan Cohen. The case for open access books. [...]

]]> By: Randy Fisher http://www.dancohen.org/2008/01/24/the-case-for-open-access-books/#comment-1580 Randy Fisher Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:57:14 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/2008/01/24/the-case-for-open-access-books/#comment-1580 Hi Dan, As more open content is developed on blogs and wikis, (depending on the copyright conditions), some of it can be modified and repurposed, especially for local conditions. Concomitant is the development of open source technology that allows for the repackaging of such content, which in turn can open up new audiences and distribution channels. Recently, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that new open source technology would bring content from Wikipedia, WikiEducator and other wikis to the world of paper. For educators in the developing world and yes, the developed world too (who's to say what 'developed' means, eh?) this has significant implications. The WikiEducator project - www.wikieducator.org - aims to develop a free version of the education curriculum by 2015, which will give all peoples, access to books in pdf and in turn printed form - in a way that was not possible before. The focus on ac-cess is leading the way to suc-cess! - Randy Hi Dan,

As more open content is developed on blogs and wikis, (depending on the copyright conditions), some of it can be modified and repurposed, especially for local conditions. Concomitant is the development of open source technology that allows for the repackaging of such content, which in turn can open up new audiences and distribution channels.

Recently, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that new open source technology would bring content from Wikipedia, WikiEducator and other wikis to the world of paper.

For educators in the developing world and yes, the developed world too (who’s to say what ‘developed’ means, eh?) this has significant implications. The WikiEducator project - http://www.wikieducator.org - aims to develop a free version of the education curriculum by 2015, which will give all peoples, access to books in pdf and in turn printed form - in a way that was not possible before. The focus on ac-cess is leading the way to suc-cess!

- Randy

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