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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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