Overview

Legal Framework for e-Research: Realising the Potential provides an overview of key legalissues facing e-Research. Part One of this book considers the broader prospect and context of what e-Research will allow. Part Two looks more closely at the role law will play in the e-Research environment. Part Three focuses on the key issues of data exchange and data management highlighting important legal issues. Part Four reflects on the changing nature of Scholarly Communications while Part Five looks at the fundamental role of agreements for collaborative endeavour (contracts) in structuring collaboration and calls for greater consideration of way we can streamline the process. Part Six examines the role and operation of privacy law in an e-Research world while Part Seven posits a new approach to commercialisation that embraces the paradigm ofopen innovation. Part Eight looks at the international legal implications for e-Research and Part Nine considers the national survey we undertook on e-Research, collaborative agreements and data management.

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Author:   Professor Brian Fitzgerald
Publisher:   Sydney University Press
Imprint:   Sydney University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.715kg
ISBN:  

9781920898939

ISBN 10:   192089893
Pages:   524
Publication Date:   01 August 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Foreword 1. Introduction Brian Fitzgerald Part 1: the dimensions and possibilities of e-research 2. The fifth dimension Chris Greer 3. Innovation and open access to public sector information Terry Cutler 4. Cyber infrastructure for the humanities and social sciences John Unsworth Part 2: institutional and legal frameworks 5. Designing institutional infrastructures for e-science Paul David and Michael Spence 6. The law as cyber infrastructure Brian Fitzgerald and Kylie Pappalardo Part 3: data ownership, access and reuse 7. Understanding the legal implications of data sharing, access and reuse in the Australian research landscape Anne Fitzgerald, Kylie Pappalardo and Anthony Austin 8. Open data for global science Paul F. Uhlir and Peter Schroder 9. NIH data and resource sharing, data release and intellectual property policies for genomics community resource projects Claire Driscoll 10. Cyberinfrastructure for knowledge sharing John Wilbanks Part 4: scholarly communications 11. Working for a research-friendly IPR framework in the UK Fred Friend 12. Creating a legal framework for copyright management of open access within the Australian academic and research sector Brian Fitzgerald, Anne Fitzgerald, Mark Perry, Scott Kiel-Chisholm, Erin Driscoll, Dilan Thampapillai and Jessica Coates Part 5: contractual and technological frameworks 13. The University-Industry Demonstration Partnership: an incremental improvement to university-industry collaboration James Casey 14. Streamlining collaborative agreements in an e-research world Anthony Austin and Brian Fitzgerald Part 6: privacy and e-research 15. A win:win for data access: balancing public good with privacy concerns Fiona Stanley 16. Privacy regulation and e-research Andrew Hayne 17. A primer in the politics of privacy and research David Ruschena Part 7: patents and commercialisation in an e-research world - new models 18. Science as social enterprise: the CAMBIA BiOS Initiative Richard Jefferson Part 8: international dimensions 19. e-Research and jurisdiction Gaye Middleton Part 9: survey of stakeholder attitudes 20. Australian survey on legal issues facing e-research Maree Heffernan and Scott Kiel-Chisholm Biographies Index

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Brian Fitzgerald is an Australian legal academic and barrister, specialising in intellectual property and information technology.

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