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26. The Role of the Research University in Strengthening the Intellectual Commons: the OpenCourseWare and DSpace Initiatives at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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From page 187... ... It is difficult to generalize, because healthy research universities have many diverse activities going on simultaneously under one roof, which is entirely consistent with the mission of such organizations. The mission of MIT, for example, is "to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century." The mission statement goes on to say that the institute "is committed to generating, disseminating and preserving knowledge and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges." MIT's Technology Licensing Of lice, like other university licensing offices, operated with the institute's mission, policies, and procedures. Read the entire page →
From page 188... ... As research universities have confronted the reality of rising dead-weight costs and diminishing flexibility, in an increasing Draconian intellectual property (IP) environment, they have become increasingly aware of the importance of advocating for and supporting openness. Read the entire page →
From page 189... ... Faculty would like to be able to provide actual access to raw data, particularly in the case of social sciences and hard sciences, so that a student visiting the site could understand the pedagogical intention of the faculty member. Given what we have heard during this symposium in terms of reach-through claims in the patent environment, there is a similar concern about the capacity of original publishers to reach through the teaching environment and constrain what can be put on an open Web site. Read the entire page →
From page 190... ... On the other hand, the challenge to us is to help scientists take advantage of new tools. At the end of the day, research universities, scientists, and funding agencies need a new alliance. Read the entire page →

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... It is difficult to generalize, because healthy research universities have many diverse activities going on simultaneously under one roof, which is entirely consistent with the mission of such organizations. The mission of MIT, for example, is "to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century." The mission statement goes on to say that the institute "is committed to generating, disseminating and preserving knowledge and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges." MIT's Technology Licensing Of lice, like other university licensing offices, operated with the institute's mission, policies, and procedures.

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From page 188...

... As research universities have confronted the reality of rising dead-weight costs and diminishing flexibility, in an increasing Draconian intellectual property (IP) environment, they have become increasingly aware of the importance of advocating for and supporting openness.

Read the entire page →

From page 189...

... Faculty would like to be able to provide actual access to raw data, particularly in the case of social sciences and hard sciences, so that a student visiting the site could understand the pedagogical intention of the faculty member. Given what we have heard during this symposium in terms of reach-through claims in the patent environment, there is a similar concern about the capacity of original publishers to reach through the teaching environment and constrain what can be put on an open Web site.

Read the entire page →

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... On the other hand, the challenge to us is to help scientists take advantage of new tools. At the end of the day, research universities, scientists, and funding agencies need a new alliance.

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26. The Role of the Research University in Strengthening the Intellectual Commons: the OpenCourseWare and DSpace Initiatives at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pages 187-190

26. The Role of the Research University in Strengthening the Intellectual Commons: the OpenCourseWare and DSpace Initiatives at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pages 187-190