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

Mon Nov 26 06:51:23 MST 2012

Dear colleagues

It is really nice an encouraging seeing all the contributions and
sharing experiences that have been pulled together these last days.

An unexpected trip makes it difficult for me to participate before but
now hopefully I can catch up

When I first meet Susan last year in NY one of the topics that we
immediately started talking was the mapping and the concept of sharing
knowledge

Since then at the OAS Educational Portal of the Americas we have been
trying to spread the word to make the movement stronger in our region
(the 34 countries that are part of the OAS in the Americas)

We would love to explore the idea of collecting information in our
region collaboratively with countries and other institutions.

We have also been discussing the possibility of an "Awareness program"
in our region since one of the conclusion of a virtual dialogue we had
as part of our Summits process last year showed that there is a
tremendous need for that too

Love to continue talking with all of you and see how we collectively can
make a difference

Cecilia

Cecilia Martins
Unit Chief
Educational Portal of the Americas 
Department of Human Development, Education and Culture
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development 
Organization of American States 
1889 F Street NW Washington DC 20006 
Phone (202) 458-6334 
Fax (202) 458-3897 
cmartins at oas.org <mailto:cmartins at oas.org> 

www.educoas.org
<https://mail.oas.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://mail.oas.org/exc
hweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.educoas.org/> 

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From: oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca
[mailto:oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca] On Behalf Of Susan D'Antoni
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 6:57 PM
To: Tamar Lominadze; oer-community
Subject: Re: [Oer-community] Global Open Access Map - lessons for OER?

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 <tel:%2B995%205%2099%20181769> 
        +995 5 79 181769 <tel:%2B995%205%2079%20181769> 
Email TLominadze at yahoo.com 
            T.Lominadze at gtu.ge

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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
<http://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

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	Alma Swan, BSc, PhD, MBA
	Director of European Advocacy Programmes, SPARC:
www.arl.org/sparc
	Director, Key Perspectives Ltd: www.keyperspectives.co.uk
<http://www.keyperspectives.co.uk/>   
	Convenor, Enabling Open Scholarship: www.openscholarship.org
<http://www.openscholarship.org/> 
	+44 (0)1392 879702
	Skype: almaswan
	http://bit.ly/aQXNEy 

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