Research: U.S. academic and blogger Michael Zimmer draws attention in a post to a recent paper by University of Arizona journalism professor David Cuillier advocating a more active role for libraries in gathering and disseminating public information. To create “freedom of information gazebos,” Cuillier suggests that libraries start filing freedom of information requests and litigating for access to public records. He also is Society of Professional Journalists’ Freedom of Information chairman.
Zimmer also writes about a paper he co-authored. It concludes, he summarizes, that “information rights advocates must turn their focus from simply promoting access to fostering capabilities, which in turn will truly empower individuals to exercise and actualize their basic information rights.” He is an assistant professor in the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and co-director of the Center for Information Policy Research.
Open Data: Tons of open data information in the January-March newsletter of the Open Knowledge Foundation.
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