Universal will donate more than 200,000 master recordings from the '20-40s, to be published on the Web. [13jan11]
Universal will donate more than 200,000 master recordings from the '20-40s, to be published on the Web. [13jan11]
"Once again, absolutely nothing enters the Public Domain this year". [04jan11]
A new landscape of possibilities for research and education in the humanities. [17dec10]
This section provides free download of any material produced throughout the COMMUNIA network, including conference and workshop proceedings, position papers and public deliverables.
This book brings together essays by academics, librarians, entrepreneurs, activists and policy makers, who were all part of the EU-funded Communia project.
It began as a place to share prototypes of mashups in a collaborative digital environment with the open source development community.
The paper describes in §§ 1-2 the EU policy on digital libraries and the role played within it by the High Level Expert Group (HLG), with special reference to the findings in the Final Report by the C
The outstanding species richness found in the Amazonian rain forest, combined with the gap between taxonomists based in Brazil and abroad, has lead many scientists to focus their research interests in
In recent years society has been asking universities to do more than simply - albeit crucially - educate young students and produce new academic knowledge.

The first day of the conference covered the relevant history and traditions of universities, move through the current state of play, and focus on the emerging landscape of universities, articulating both their changing role in society, the significant challenges these institutions are facing for the future and, more specifically, their role vis a vis the increasing commons of knowledge facilitated by the Internet. This day provided intellectual scaffolding for the primary ideas and tracks explored. The opening keynote, focused on "Universities as Knowledge Institutions", laid the foundation for integrative plenaries on university responsibilities on day 2. The three track sessions, "Digital Natives", "Information Infrastructure", and "Physical/Spatial Infrastructure", explored the pressing questions universities face in these areas, and provided the basis for working groups on subsequent days.
[09jul10]
Academia has long functioned as a commons based on openness, sharing and collaboration.
Presentations, papers and other material related to COMMUNIA events are available in the download page