[Oer-community] Global Open Access Map - lessons for OER?

[Susan D'Antoni]

Dear Tamar,

Which organization or institution in the region would be able to establish
such a database?

Best,

Susan

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Tamar Lominadze <tlominadze at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Dear Susan, Dear Colleagues,
>
> I think that weather information is gathered locally or regionally depends
> on a particular region. For example, for Caucasus it would be better to
> establish a regional database of OER resources, because the amount of local
> OER is not so big yet.
>
> Kindest regards,
> Tamar
>
>
>
> Prof. Dr. Tamar Lominadze
> A Head of e-Learning Center
> Georgian Technical University
> Tbilisi, Georgia
> Tel. +995 5 99 181769
>         +995 5 79 181769
> Email TLominadze at yahoo.com
>             T.Lominadze at gtu.ge
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni at gmail.com>
> *To:* oer-community <oer-community at athabascau.ca>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 22, 2012 12:44 AM
> *Subject:* [Oer-community] Global Open Access Map - lessons for OER?
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> If we are to consider the appropriate organization for creating a list of
> all OER Institutional initiatives, Alma's message points to an approach
> that might be appropriate for the OER community at large (not just our
> group).
>
> She spoke of "crowdsourcing" - using a form on the web page for submission
> of information by individuals..
>
> If we were to start to create a simple database (that could create a list
> or a visual map) - aiming at a comprehensive list of institutional projects
> for a start, could the information be collected and checked locally or
> regionally, as one message suggested?
>
> Best,
>
> Susan
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Alma Swan <a.swan at talk21.com> wrote:
>
>  Dear colleagues,
>
> Thank you, Susan, for introducing Leslie and myself. We are happy to tell
> you a bit about our Open Access Map and how we conceived the project. The
> map is at www.openaccessmap.org
>
> We wanted to create a visual representation of how Open Access is
> progressing globally. A geographical map seemed the most appropriate way to
> represent OA (though we will be adding a timeline when we get a bit more
> funding). Our aim was to crowdsource the venture, so individuals can submit
> the details of their own project, journal, repository, service, etc. We
> have an editorial step, where Leslie or myself approves the submission:
> often these need a bit of correction, checking or chasing up, so it is not
> labour-free. I’m just saying that in case you envisage doing something
> similar. The most common thing that needs completing is the georeference of
> the submission: despite the submission page having boxes for latitude and
> longitude, and a link to a service that provides these things for each
> city/town in the world, many submitters leave this step out – and this
> service they want to be represented on is a map! Ah well...
>
> As well as the public submissions, we draw data (daily) from a number of
> registries, such as the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR), the
> Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR), ROARMAP ( list of OA
> policies) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
> The data in the Map can be re-used by anyone to do research or build new
> services. We think we’ve achieved a fairly complete representation of the
> infrastructural elements that support progress on OA. We know, though, that
> projects are not well-represented on the Map. This means that the record is
> missing many of the temporary or transient initiatives that have been
> important in forging progress.  This is a shame in the sense that the Map
> is not able to provide a really complete picture of effort towards OA, but
> that is an aspiration that is rather unrealistic anyway.
>
> Hope this is helpful in providing a snapshot of our little venture.
>
> Alma
>
> ------------------------------------
> Alma Swan, BSc, PhD, MBA
> Director of European Advocacy Programmes, SPARC: www.arl.org/sparc
> Director, Key Perspectives Ltd: www.keyperspectives.co.uk
> Convenor, Enabling Open Scholarship: www.openscholarship.org
> +44 (0)1392 879702
> Skype: almaswan
> http://bit.ly/aQXNEy
>
>
>
>
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Susan D'Antoni

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International OER Initiatives
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