Open Data and the University | ruk.ca

"I’ve taken the opportunity to reconsider some of my earlier thinking, which has focused primarily on open data as a technical or logistical challenge — “PDFs are where data goes to die,” etc. – and to confront some of what might be called the “spiritual impediments” to open data: what is it about institutions that results in a less-than-full-throated embrace of open data, and is it worth pursuing an open data strategy until that can be considered and the reasons confronted?

Here’s the slide deck I’ll present from"