Domain

The democratization of knowledge boosts innovative solutions to development challenges.

Capability descriptors. Academic Librarians can...

  • Explain the concept of openness and knowledge as a public good.
  • Propagate the principles of Open Science, open data, Open access, Open Education, Open knowledge and implications for knowledge creation, scholarly communication, storage, dissemination and libraries
  • Explain the characteristics and advantages of open knowledge across different disciplines in order to support decision-making for adoption
  • Create clear pathways for library users to understand how to adopt Open science, open licensing, open data, open access, open educational resources, and other open knowledge practices
  • Find, use and contribute to repositories of open resources
  • Define indicators and keep track of progress for awareness, adoption and use of open knowledge practices within the institution
  • Advocate and make inputs into institutional policies that support Open knowledge