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Understanding Knowledge as a Commons : From Theory to Practice.
Title:
Understanding Knowledge as a Commons : From Theory to Practice.
Author:
Hess, Charlotte.
ISBN:
9780262256346
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (382 pages)
Contents:
Preface -- 1 - Introduction: An Overview of the Knowledge Commons -- 2 - The Growth of the Commons Paradigm -- 3 - A Framework for Analyzing the Knowledge Commons -- 4 - Countering Enclosure: Reclaiming the Knowledge Commons -- 5 - Mertonianism Unbound? Imagining Free, Decentralized Access to Most Cultural and Scientific Material -- 6 - Preserving the Knowledge Commons -- 7 - Creating an Intellectual Commons through Open Access -- 8 - How to Build a Commons: Is Intellectual Property Constrictive, Facilitating, or Irrelevant? -- 9 - Collective Action, Civic Engagement, and the Knowledge Commons -- 10 - Free/Open-Source Software as a Framework for Establishing Commons in Science -- 11 - Scholarly Communication and Libraries Unbound: The Opportunity of the Commons -- 12 - EconPort: Creating and Maintaining a Knowledge Commons -- Glossary -- Index.
Abstract:
Looking at knowledge as a shared resource: experts discuss how to define, protect, and build the knowledge commons in the digital age.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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