http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ2Maj5DhCM

3sat, a TV channel of the three German speaking countries Austria, Germany and Switzerland, produced a documentary on scientific publishing. In German.

3sat nano-Mittschnitt vom 12.11.2012 zum Thema “Wissenschaftliche Publikationen” und wer verdient daran? — Oder wie “wissenschaftliche” Verlage Universitäten ausbluten. Und dies nicht im Dienste der Wissenschaft. — Auch hier zählen Renditen, die der Anleger, nicht die derer, die Forschung ermöglichen. Zum Beispiel die Öffentliche Hand.

http://vimeo.com/51075488
Knowledge as a public good

Open Educational Resources (OER) include full courses, course materials, knowledge activities, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.

Knowledge is a public good and OER gives everyone the opportunity to learn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sJbi2eaPXc

Neelie Kroes, European Commission, on the importance of sharing and open access in scientific research: and her plans to build in open access to EU research and innovation funding. 

Originally given to the Open Science: Structural Frameworks for Open, Digital Research — Strategy, Policy & Infrastructure , Danish Royal Library, Copenhagen June 
11-13, 2012.

http://vimeo.com/30046678

The video provides an introduction into Open research and the concept of Beethoven’s open repository of research (or a GitHub for science).

Concept: M. Fabiana Kubke and Daniel Mietchen
Artwork: Perrin Ireland
Editing: Nick Navatta 
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