Open Access Policies, Practices and Licensing: A Review of the Literature in Australia and Selected Jurisdictions
Open Access Policies, Practices and Licensing: A Review of the Literature in Australia and Selected Jurisdictions by Professor Anne Fitzgerald is a condensed compilation of the more extensive Policies and Principles on Access to and Reuse of Public Sector Information: Literature Review (see below). This condensed version covers all jurisdictions, and is available at QUT ePrints.
The 324-page publication sets out the findings of an extensive review of published materials dealing with policies, practices and legal issues relating to information access and reuse, with a particular focus on materials generated, held or funded by public sector bodies.
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Policies and Principles on Access to and Reuse of Public Sector Information: Literature Review
Professor Anne Fitzgerald, with the assistance of the auPSI research team and others, is conducting a literature review of material relating to the governance and provision of access to public sector information (PSI).
The literature review, entitled Policies and Principles on Access to and Reuse of Public Sector Information is organised on a jurisdictional basis, commencing with Australia (chapter 1) and New Zealand (chapter 2). It also identifies materials produced by international organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the international Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) (chapter 3). Developments in key overseas jurisdictions are grouped on a regional basis: Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland (chapter 4); the United States of America (chapter 5), Canada (chapter 6) and Asia (chapter 7).
The following chapters are available online at QUT ePrints:
- Chapter 1 and 2 - Australia and New Zealand (version 1.0, last updated 17 November 2008) (version 2.0 forthcoming)
- Chapter 3 – International (version 1.0, last updated 6 February 2009)
- Chapter 4 - Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland (forthcoming)
- Chapter 5 - United States (version 1.0, last updated 11 February 2010)
- Chapter 6 – Canada (version 1.0, last updated 23 December 2008)
- Chapter 7 - Asia (forthcoming)
The objective of the literature review is to identify materials published in Australia and elsewhere dealing with policies, principles and practices relating to access to and reuse of public sector information. The literature review covers materials relating to public sector information generally and publicly funded research data and publications, as well as materials dealing specifically with spatial information.
Report to the Goverment 2.0 Taskforce
Professor Anne Fitzgerald was commissioned by the Government 2.0 Taskforce to lead Project 4: Copyright Law and Intellectual Property. Project 4 investigated the application of copyright law to public sector information, and how the law might be managed to facilitate broader access to and use of PSI.
The 83-page project report is available on the Government 2.0 Taskforce website and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia Licence.