Mon, 15 January 2007  The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit
organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's
scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. In this presentation at Net Tuesday January 9, 2007, in San Francisco Barbara Cohen, Executive
Editor, and Richard Cave, IT
Director for PLoS, describe the "open access" movement in science to
publish scientific papers using the low cost platform of the web so
that scientific information can be made accessible worldwide at a
fraction of the price of current journal publishing. They discuss the
resistance from commercial publishers whose business model is
threatened by open access. However, PLoS continues to make headway and
recently launched PLoS One, an innovative platform for science publishing with the breakthrough idea of "community involvement."You can view the presentation PowerPoint here. Comments[0] |
Mon, 15 January 2007  The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit
organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's
scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. In this interview by David Collin, Barbara Cohen, Executive Editor, and Richard Cave, IT
Director for PLoS, discuss the "open access" movement in science to publish scientific papers using the low cost platform of the web so that scientific information can be made accessible worldwide at a fraction of the price of current journal publishing. They discuss the resistance from commercial publishers whose business model is threatened by open access. However, PLoS continues to make headway and recently launched PLoS One, an innovative platform for science publishing with the breakthrough idea of "community involvement."Comments[0] |
Wed, 10 January 2007  Allison Fine has been a successful nonprofit entrepreneur at local and national levels for more than 15 years successfully starting new organizations, raising
funds, building organizational collaborations and helping to lead a sea
of change in the way that nonprofit organizations organize themselves
and successfully engage their communities in social change efforts.In 1992 Allison started a national nonprofit, Innovation Network, Inc. (InnoNet), dedicated to teaching and expanding the use of participatory methods for ongoing learning and improvement by activist organizations. If you are interested in planning and evaluation tools, information and connecting with others wrestling with these issues, go to www.innonet.org. In 2004, Allison became the C.E.O. of the E-Volve Foundation. E-Volve provides seed grants for online democracy and activism efforts. More recently she has focused on writing and public speaking focused on increasing civic participation by harnessing the power of digital technology. Visit Allison's website or contact her at: afine@demos.org You can read a transcript of this interview on the NetSquared blog. Comments[0] |
Tue, 2 January 2007  This is a presentation at Net Tuesday in San Francisco by Matt Flannery, CEO and co-founder of Kiva.org. Kiva lets people connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in
the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, ordinary people can
"sponsor a business" and help the world's working poor make strides towards economic independence. Kiva partners with existing microfinance institutions. In doing so, it gains access to outstanding entrepreneurs from impoverished communities
world-wide.Comments[4] |
Tue, 2 January 2007  This is an interview by David Collin with Matt Flannery, CEO and co-founder of Kiva for Net Tuesday. Kiva lets ordinary people connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in
the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, anybody can
"sponsor a business" and help the world's working poor make strides towards economic independence. Kiva partners with existing microfinance institutions. In doing so, it gains access to outstanding entrepreneurs from impoverished communities
world-wide.Comments[0] |
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