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Bibliography: The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information

Chapter 14 ( Measuring the Social and Economic Costs of Public Sector Information Online: A Review of the Literature and Future Directions by Paul F. Uhlir, Raed M. Sharif, and Tilman Merz) of The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information (PSI) on Digital Networks has a useful bibliography of useful links in this area. I have reproduced the bibliography portion of the chapter below: Models of Public Sector Information Provision via Trading Funds . David Newbery, Lionel Bently, and Rufus Pollock. 2008. EcoGeo Project . Stéphane Roche, et al. 2007 . Fair Use in the U.S. Economy: Economic Contribution of Industries Relying on Fair Use . Thomas Rogers and Andrew Szamosszegi. 2007. The Power of Information: An Independent Review . Ed Mayo and Tom Steinberg. 2007. The Socio-Economic Impact of the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Catalonia . Pilar Garcia Almirall, Montse Moix Bergadà, and Pau Queraltó Ros. Edited by Max Craglia. 2007; published 2008. Benefits of the New

The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information

Paul Uhlir (who recently spoke at the session I was chairing at the Ottawa ICSTI2009 conference) has produced a report for the U.S. National Academies entitled The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information (PSI) on Digital Networks , which is a collection of papers on PSI policy from a number of OECD countries. Paul is also on the U.S. National Committee for CODATA. Table of Contents: Overview of U.S. Federal Government Information Policy Nancy Weiss, Institute of Museum and Library Services, United States PSI Implementation in the UK: Successes and Challenges Jim Wretham, Office of Public Sector Information United Kingdom The Value to Industry of PSI: The Business Sector Perspective Martin Fornefeld, MICUS Management Consulting Germany Achieving Fair and Open Access to PSI for Maximum Returns Michael Nicholson, PSI Alliance United Kingdom Public Sector Information: Why Bother? Robbin te Velde, Dialogic The Netherlands Measuring the Economic Impact of the PSI Directive i

ICSTI Conference: Managing Data for Science

CISTI (Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information) is hosting the ICSTI (International Council for Scientific and Technical Information) conference " Managing Data for Science " here in Ottawa at the LAC (Library and Archives Canada). The conference is June 9-10, 1 1/2 days long with an excellent international single stream program structured into four sessions, " Foundations ", " Libraries ", " Data Services " and " Semantic Science ". I will be attending all sessions and will also be moderating the " Semantic Science " session.