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The problem of content
- Costly and time consuming to produce and license
- Difficult to keep up to date and relevant
- The question of delivery: accessibility, usability, reusability and future proofing
- Income, competition and the market
The problem of too much
- The International Network, ‘quality’, permanence, reliability
- The usability of finding, open search, tagging, RSS, property and rights
- Content management systems, portals, libraries, repositories, commercial search
- Open vs closed systems
The problem of too technical
- Property and rights
- Sharability and interoperability
- Access and usability
- Skills and knowledge
- Change
The solution is free and open content
- Service over product
- Collaboration and expanded networks
- Global engagement
- Social responsiveness
- Closer ties between research and teaching
- Less cost
The problem of openness in today’s organisations
- Climate of litigation, liability and quality control
- Intellectual property, copyright, branding and recognition
- Privacy, secrecy and security
- Management and direction
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