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== What are the 5 top Universities in this field? == | == What are the 5 top Universities in this field? == | ||
#Massachusetts Institute of Technology | #'''Massachusetts Institute of Technology''' | ||
#*University Website: http://www.mit.edu/ | #*University Website: http://www.mit.edu/ | ||
#*OER Project: [http://ocr.mit.edu/ MIT OpenCourseWare Initiative] | |||
#*Academic Press: http://mitpress.mit.edu/ | #*Academic Press: http://mitpress.mit.edu/ | ||
#**Traditional publishing model | |||
#**Focus on science and engineering texts | #**Focus on science and engineering texts | ||
#**Publishing Statistics | #**Publishing Statistics | ||
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#***40 academic journals | #***40 academic journals | ||
#***"sell a higher proportion of our products outside the United States than any other U.S. university press" | #***"sell a higher proportion of our products outside the United States than any other U.S. university press" | ||
# | #'''Rice University''' | ||
#*University Website: http://www.rice.edu/ | #*University Website: http://www.rice.edu/ | ||
#*OER Project: [http://cnx.org/ Connexions] | |||
#*Academic Press: http://ricepress.rice.edu/ | #*Academic Press: http://ricepress.rice.edu/ | ||
#*OER | #**Print on Demand publishing model | ||
#***Uses OER Connexions project to source material | |||
#***PoD through [http://www.qoop.com/ QOOP] | |||
#**Copyright: Author's retain copyright but must use [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic] license | |||
#**[http://rup.rice.edu/about/ltp?ltp=1 Long Tail Press] | |||
#***Initiative to publish out-of-print books using PoD, as described above | |||
#***Also seeks to publish books accepted by other publishers but, for some reasons, never printed | |||
=== Correlate them with their main outputs (Data, Narratives, Tools) === | === Correlate them with their main outputs (Data, Narratives, Tools) === | ||
Revision as of 23:35, 29 March 2009
What are the 5 top Universities in this field?
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University Website: http://www.mit.edu/
- OER Project: MIT OpenCourseWare Initiative
- Academic Press: http://mitpress.mit.edu/
- Traditional publishing model
- Focus on science and engineering texts
- Publishing Statistics
- Approx. 200 new books a year
- 40 academic journals
- "sell a higher proportion of our products outside the United States than any other U.S. university press"
- Rice University
- University Website: http://www.rice.edu/
- OER Project: Connexions
- Academic Press: http://ricepress.rice.edu/
- Print on Demand publishing model
- Uses OER Connexions project to source material
- PoD through QOOP
- Copyright: Author's retain copyright but must use Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
- Long Tail Press
- Initiative to publish out-of-print books using PoD, as described above
- Also seeks to publish books accepted by other publishers but, for some reasons, never printed
- Print on Demand publishing model
Correlate them with their main outputs (Data, Narratives, Tools)
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Understand and identify cases where these universities are “experimenting” or “adopting” commons-based approaches
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Are they adopting OA policies?
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Are they adopting Social Responsible License approaches?
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Identify these cases and treat them as entities that will also be placed in our mapping device (the quadrants)
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Identify what universities are the “Microsofts” of the field and what companies are the “IBMs” of the field
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