OA Week: The Case for Open Data
The Case for Open Data: Why You Should Care
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Map & Data Library | 5th Floor | Robarts Library
Gina Porcarelli, Keith Mcdonald, and Trish Garner, City of Toronto
Jury Konga, Principal, eGovFutures Group
Tracey Lauriault, PhD student, Carleton University and co-founder of CivicAccces.ca (Citizens for Open Access to Civic Information and Data)
Open data are freely available datasets provided by government for the world to use. The open data movement has gained so much popularity and momentum in the last few years that most governments around the globe are either making datasets available for free to the public or are under pressure by groups to do so. This session will introduce you to different types of open data initiatives and the types of data they contain. You will learn about governments' perspectives and experience with opening their data. Discussion will also touch upon the licensing and the copyright of Open Data as well as the culture associated with the open data movement. A discussion on the future of Open Data will also be included.
No registration required.
For more, see http://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/oaweek
