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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 ...

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...

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.