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This will interest CAIDC list
serv readers:
"The World Bank will be adopting an Open Access Policy
as of July 1, which will make World Bank research freely available online
without charge or restrictions, making a wealth of knowledge available to anyone
in the world. To underpin this new Open Access policy, the World Bank
recently launched the World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) as its new home
for all of the Bank’s research outputs. In addition, to facilitate use of online
content, the Bank became the first major international organization to adopt a
set of copyright licenses from Creative Commons that will allow anyone to use,
re-use, and distribute Bank research and knowledge products free of charge as
long as the Bank is attributed".
More info here:
http://live.worldbank.org/bank-open-access-policy-development-liveblogAnd
some of the most recent docs available here in the WBank Open Knowledge
Repository:https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/
This is highly relevant because the documents are now
available as downloads (as far as I can tell) and not just for online reading.
This means that the documents, even in PDF format (searchable PDF usually), can
be included in a desktop based knowledge management system and managed
accordingly using tools such as powerful search engines such as X1 Pro that alow
for in depth indexing and searching of the contents of these documents. As long
as this is done for indvidual use and not for commercial purposes, there is no
liability.
A step in the right direction, now if only the other
specialized agencies of the UN, such as the ITU, could so the same, the world
would definitely be a more informed and we can suggest, even a better
place!
RLabelle, CAIDC List Moderator
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Richard Labelle
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Richard LABELLE @ Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA
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Cell: 1-613-203-7830
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