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25. Institutional Design and Governance in the Microbial Research Commons
Pages 177-184

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From page 177...
... The salient question in the governance of any commons is: how can fallible, heterogeneous individuals come together with incomplete information to make rules and decisions in order to effectively manage and sustain a resource? The analysis of this question about effective sharing requires an interdisciplinary approach that combines law with biological, economic, and other social sciences.
From page 178...
... Ostrom applied a complex set of instruments to eighty-six case studies to commons of different sectors and varying geographical regions. From her analysis, she was able to determine eight design principles that long-enduring, robust commons shared.
From page 180...
... at http://theworldbuilders.witesman.com/v372/Ostrom%20public%20goods%20and%20public%20choices.pd f 65 I am referring to the work of Yochai Benkler, James Boyle, Brigham Daniels, Brett Frischmann, Michael Heller, Mark Lemley, Lawrence Lessig, Jerome Reichman, Carol Rose, and others.
From page 181...
... The culture collections will have different attributes than the digital information databases, and those will have different attributes than proprietary literature databases, which will have different attributes than the secondary literature. Who are the information users and who are the providers?
From page 182...
... Primary genomic data is being rapidly patented and therefore cordoned off to most future research. Digital information is also being lost due to inattention, lack of robust preservation strategies, underfunding, or people simply do not know what to do with it obsolete formats.
From page 183...
... He has found that in environmental commons norms, rules, and governance structures often help to overcome tragedies. His research suggests that too much governance structure and rules may get in the way of collaboration.68 With regard to scholarly communication, one thing that has not been mentioned here is the changing role of the university library (which is relevant to how we access scientific research)
From page 184...
... Question and Answer Session PARTICIPANT: There were many rich points in your presentation, but I was particularly interested in your plea at the very end for the integration of libraries in the knowledge production process. This is a point we are trying to make in developing the open knowledge environments -- that there is a fantastic role for libraries there.


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