OA and universities as intellectual infrastructure

Gavin Baker, Free Culture and the University: Innovation, Information Sharing, and the Future of the Academy, a presentation at Knowledge Rights and Information Sharing in the 21st Century (University of Central Florida, January 30 - February 1, 2008). Excerpt from slides:

Vision

• An institution to address the needs of the knowledge society
• Universities as the intellectual, cultural, and innovative infrastructure of society
• Like public roads & parks, their product should be free

The Free University

• Open access to research publications & proceedings
• Open access to research data
• Open educational resources
• Free & open source software
• Open access to library holdings
• Open standards & file formats
• Socially responsible patent policies

Praxis

• The values of free culture are the values of academia
• To fulfill their mission, universities must put their values into practice in their own administration