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The report Harnessing Openness to Improve Research, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (A Report by the Digital Connections Council of the Committee for Economic Development Committee, 2009 ISBN #0-87186-184-7) has some very relevant sections dealing with Open Access and Open Data in the context of higher education and the research process: Chapter 5. Openness in Higher Education: Changes in Research a. Resistance to Greater Openness b. Openness and Open-Access Journals c. Digital Repositories d. Educating Faculty Members on Their Intellectual Property Rights e. Openness and Commercial Support of Research f. Access to Government-Funded Research Results g. Openness and University Libraries h. Openness and Academic Presses i. Openness and Technology Transfer Of particular interest to those who - perhaps at a more general level - are working on getting better access to government funded research , are the following recommendations on this particular issue: f. Access to Governme...

Lecture: " Open Source Licences and the Boundaries of Knowledge Production " Michael Madison , Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Place: Fauteux Hall , room 351 Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa Description: What is the future of open source licensing? The presentation will use Jacbosen v. Katzer, a recent opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that analyzes an open source software license, to frame a discussion of open source issues that are conceptual, historical, and practical. For more information . RSVP needed to techlaw@uottawa.ca or on Facebook group . Dr. Madison appears to be a fairly enlightened lawyer who has studied and published on IP, copyright and (software) licensing issues: Intellectual Property and Americana, or Why IP Gets the Blues . 18 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 677 (2008). The Idea of the Law Rev...