المكتبة المفتوحة Open Library

إتجاه عالمي نحو الوصول الحر، وتمخض عنه منظومة من المصطلحات التي لا تكاد الساحة العلمية أن تُفتِر حموتها. فمن مصطلح الوصول الحر Open Access ، ومن ثم المصدر المفتوح Open Source ، و المكتبة المفتوحة Open Library ، وحالياً البيانات الحره Open Data لعام 2008.
في هذه المدونة إحالة إلى فكرة المكتبة الحره (المفتوحه) وعرض لنموذجها البسيط كما ذكره David Tebbutt . حيث يقول:

"...The model is similar to Wikipedia with a page per book, but the Open Library wiki will allow for structured entries. The world at large will provide information to the database, the development of which is funded through donations and grants.
Once the system goes live, it should not be expensive to run, and can be financed through a combination of donations and commercial activities, such as printing on demand and commissions from Amazon referrals.
The servers are being run by the Internet Archive, the people who came up with the Open Library idea in the first place..."

وما ستقدمه مثل هذه المباردات ستكون بالفعل قيمة مضافه إلى الدور الريادي الذي تديره المكتبات في منظومة الاتصال العلمي، حيث يقول تيبوت:

" The end-result should become a widely referenced and accessed hub for book communities, both professionals and the general public.

With so much data available free of charge, some organisations are bound to be concerned about the threat to their own business models. No doubt we’re going to see a rerun of the Encyclopedia Britannica versus Wikipedia shenanigans.

Talis’s Richard Wallis points out: “It could also push their business models towards adding services on top of the data, rather than from the data itself."

للإستزاده أنظر الرابط التالي:
http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/comment/2213873/two-way-web-pushes-door-3910557