Open access icrisat ps_2014_oct_27
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DAVIDS HAVE A BETTER CHANCE NOW in an open access world image source: h.p://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Osmar_Schindler_David_und_Goliath.jpg This was presented at ICRISAT at the Open Access week Date: October, 2014
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Open access to data, information and knowledge has been a movement that has picked up a lot of speed in the past few years. We from weaver technologies were invited by ICRISAT to talk and share our experiences with Open data/ information on the occasion of open access week.
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DAVIDS HAVE A BETTER CHANCE NOW
in an open access world image source: h.p://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Osmar_Schindler_David_und_Goliath.jpg
This was presented at ICRISAT at the Open Access week Date: October, 2014
Myself
Affiliations
Development Sector Work
Contract Research
Our Work
Analytics ( Using Data)
Evaluation | Assessment (Feeding to policy and decision making)
Our location in open access space
I have not published papers
I have CONSUMED scores of published papers
Research Voluntary Organizations and For Profit agencies
Us
My team and I work with Data
Education | Legal | Health | Water | Environment
How has open access been useful to us ?
2 of our stories
Remunerative pricing for small farmers
image source: h.p://www.seraphicpress.com/wp-‐content/uploads/2013/01/prison-‐bars.jpg
Of Trials and Tribulations in Indian Prisons: An empirical study
How has open access been useful to us ?
1 specific example from ICRISAT
What have been the challenges with openly accessible data/information?
• knowing where and how to search
• how to evaluate the quality of a piece of research
• lack of standards of publishing
Some Suggestions
Process Documentation
Manuals
Outreach to stakeholders
OPEN FACILITATION
Thank you!
