I am sure they are not free or Open. I think this is alerting us to the problem of data supply to Universities becoming commoditised and controlled.It is a serious problem. many universities would rather licence in their own data (including theses) than produce it as Open output.
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Gene Shackman <[email protected]> wrote: > Are these free, open, data? I couldn't really tell from the posting, but > it looks like someone (the university?) will have to pay for this. > > On the other hand, there are tons of free data sets on the web, not the > least of which are > > http://data.un.org > > http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php > > I list many others here > http://gsociology.icaap.org/data.htm > > Gene > > > > Gene Shackman, Ph.D. > The Global Social Change Research Project > http://gsociology.icaap.org > Free Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research > http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods > ---------- > Applied Sociologist > ---------- > ------------------------------ > *From:* Daniel Dietrich <[email protected]> > *To:* OKF Discuss <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, June 29, 2013 12:46 PM > *Subject:* [okfn-discuss] Fwd: DataMarket latest: bringing (pretty) big > data to campus > > Thought this might be of interest. > > Daniel > > Begin forwarded message: > > > *From: *Edward Farmer <[email protected]> > *Subject: **DataMarket latest: bringing (pretty) big data to campus* > *Date: *28 June 2013 14:58:22 GMT+01:00 > *To: Daniel Dietrich* > > > *DataMarket and ProQuest Announce Major New Global Data Portal* > *Researchers, students and library users will be able to search, compare, > visualize and share billions of key facts and figures about the world, > their countries and communities* > > REYKJAVIK, Iceland and BOSTON, Massachusetts, 28 June 2013 – > DataMarket<http://www.datamarket.com/> > and ProQuest <http://www.proquest.com/> today announced the creation of > ProQuest International DataSets, to be marketed by ProQuest to its > thousands of college, university and library partners worldwide. It will be > launched this fall and will be one of the largest collections of economic, > demographic and social data in the world, accessible to millions of > faculty, staff and students. > > “Our goal is to give people one place where they can get the data they > need to understand the world around them. We are thrilled to be bringing > together our technology and data collections with those of ProQuest, which > include US and international census and statistical abstracts and the > Historical Newspapers archive, as well as unique resources from Oxford > Economics <http://www.oxfordeconomics.com/>. This is only the start of a > long-term partnership, and our shared ambition is to create a world-leading > gateway to global data and information,” said Hjalmar Gislason, founder and > CEO of DataMarket. > > “Creating resources that can support in-depth data mining takes a unique > skill set,” said Susan Bokern, ProQuest Vice-President, Information > Solutions. “Matching the strengths of ProQuest’s team of statistical data > experts with those of DataMarket and Oxford Economics is producing a > particularly rich and expansive resource." > > ProQuest International DataSets will bring complex and diverse data > together from hundreds of sources in one place and one format, enabling > data to be searched, compared, visualized and shared. The resource will > combine the full content set and technology architecture from DataMarket > along with content from both ProQuest and Oxford Economics’ renowned array > of quantitative and qualitative research. It will be fully interactive, > allowing users to create their own charts and reports from diverse sources > and also embed context and commentary with them. ProQuest International > DataSets is the first product being launched under a seven-year agreement > signed recently between DataMarket and ProQuest. > > Contacts: > Edward Farmer, communications director, [email protected], +354 863 > 1923. > Hjalmar Gislason, CEO, [email protected], 617 803 0486 > * > * > *About DataMarket* > DataMarket helps people find and understand data. We bring complex and > diverse data together in one place and one format so it can be searched, > compared, visualized and shared – between individuals, across groups and > organizations, or with the world. DataMarket is licensed to enterprises and > data publishers as a white-label SaaS solution and includes seamless access > to our ever-expanding collection of facts and figures from leading global > data providers. DataMarket is a private company with product development > based in Reykjavik and its sales office in Boston, Massachusetts. > www.datamarket.com. > > *About ProQuest *(www.proquest.com) > ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. Key to serious > research, the company’s products are a gateway to the world’s knowledge > including dissertations, governmental and cultural archives, news, > historical collections and e-books. ProQuest technologies serve users > across the critical points in research, helping them discover, access, > share, create and manage information. > > The company’s cloud-based technologies offer flexible solutions for > librarians, students and researchers through the ProQuest®, Bowker®, > Dialog®, ebrary®, EBL® and Serials Solutions®businesses – and notable > research tools such as the Summon® discovery service, RefWorks® Flow, > Pivot™ and Intota®, a new library services platform. The company is > headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with offices around the world. > > -- > Edward Farmer > Director of Communications > > > _________________________________________ > Deputy Director, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University > Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK > phone: 0044 1908 653800, fax: 0044 1908 653169 > email: [email protected] <[email protected]> web: > kmi.open.ac.uk/people/domingue/ > > President, STI International > Amerlingstrasse 19/35, Austria - 1060 Vienna > phone: 0043 1 23 64 002 - 16, fax: 0043 1 23 64 002-99 > email: [email protected] web: www.sti2.org > > > > > > > > > > -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an > exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC > 038302). > _______________________________________________ > Bigdata mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.atosresearch.eu/mailman/listinfo/bigdata > > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > > -- Peter Murray-Rust Reader in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dep. 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