The Free Our Data blog reported on November 12 that the Ordnance Survey, the UK's mapping agency, has been contacting local agencies instructing them not to re-use any data derived from the Ordnance Survey (for instance, no Google Maps mashups). (Thanks to Glyn Moody.) The news comes on the heels of the Show Us A Better Way competition, which asked Britons for their ideas on how to re-use public sector information.
Les Carr has launched a new site, Repositories Worldwide, to aggregate news about repositories. See also the announcement email.
Catherine Grant, on the Film Studies For Free blog, has posted a list of OA writings in film studies; see also the accompanying explanation.
Moving Toward a 21st Century Right-to-Know Agenda: Recommendations to President-elect Obama and Congress, report, November 2008. The report is endorsed by a number of groups and individuals, who were convened by OMB Watch and OpenTheGovernment.org.
I'll be on the road Friday - Sunday, with few opportunities for blogging or email.
M. Castillo, A New Open Access Option from the American Journal of Neuroradiology , American Journal of Neuroradiology, November/December 2008 . An editorial. Not even an abstract is free online, at least so far.
Jonathan Gray, After the Workshop on Open Scientific Resources, Open Knowledge Foundation Weblog, November 12, 2008. Blog notes on the Workshop on Finding and Re-using Open Scientific Resources (London, November 8, 2008). See also the wiki notes, especially "Planned Actions".
Tim Jones, A Transparency Agenda for the New Administration, Electronic Frontier Foundation, November 12, 2008.
Fred Merceur, Fonctionnements et usages d’une Archive Institutionnelle, report, October 2008. An Ifremer report on the first 3 years of Archimer, its IR. (Thanks to INIST.) See also our past posts on Archimer.
Seed Magazine, as part of its Revolutionary Minds series, has named a group of Game Changers.
CERN is looking to fill a fellowship on its SOAP (Study of Open Access Publishing) project. (Thanks to Charles Bailey.)