Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[Richard White <richard.white AT otago.ac.nz>]

Yes, I agree that (even as a contributor and therefore very interested observer) that the amount of reading probably means I haven’t  focused on some pieces I would otherwise spend more time considering and responding to.  However, I also agree that the OA week focus (or other event, such as CC birthday celebrations) is really fabulous – just perhaps a little less fabulous, ha ha.

 

What about a monthly guest piece on any CC-related theme, regardless of the realm in which that person is working?  Or even weekly if there were enough contributors?  This would provide a nice Monday morning discussion starter for us to all get our teeth into on the list or (better yet) on the comments page.

Richard

 

 

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From: cc-nz-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:cc-nz-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Matt McGregor
Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012 2:02 p.m.
To: 'Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion'
Subject: Re: [Cc-nz] OA Week

 

Hi all,

 

Following Danyl's suggestion, I'm going to widen our email exchange to the list.

 

I think the OA week posts have been a success, and Danyl has some good ideas about how to proceed next time. I definitely see the benefits of a ‘drip-feed’ approach. That was the initial intention with OA week, though Danyl’s strategy requires, as he suggests, a wider window for contributions.

 

So, the staggered approach Danyl suggests makes sense, though I do like the idea of a culminating ‘issue’ of sorts, to be presented in the same way as the OA week posts. It will also be much harder to get people to contribute without an occassion around which to concentrate promotion. But there is no reason CCANZ can’t do both, or choose different horses for different courses. 

 

Cheers,

Matt

 

Danyl wrote:

 

Kia ora Matt

 

On 26 October 2012 08:54, Matt McGregor

<Matt.McGregor AT royalsociety.org.nz> wrote:

 

>> I think I might curate the guest posts into similar ‘issues’ again,

>> perhaps around a different theme. <<

 

I think that is a fantastic idea. I have to say though that the batch of posts you just published >> (fantastic though they are) are an intimidating amount of online reading to be faced with in one go.

 

So, while it makes sense to do it this way for a special theme week like OAWeek, another approach could be to set a theme for a period of time (again could be over a month or two) - with a deadline at the start of that time period for those who want their posts to be included - and roll out an items every few days throughout. This kind of 'dripfeed' might keep people coming back every few days for the next installment, while the deadline gives writers like me something to organise ourselves around.

 

>> I think open culture/free culture and OER are two possibilities. This will give people a deadline, and I’ll also feel less guilty if I have a special issue to work towards.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by "open culture/ free culture". I tend to think of free culture as a very broad umbrella that takes in every kind of libre licensing/ crowdsourcing, from free code software, to CC, open access, OER, openstreetmap, open data etc.

 

The group of blogs you posted for OA Week all spoke to the passions of a particular sector of CC users and advocates - researchers and academics. I would suggest using future themes to focus on other sectors, eg artists and authors; educationalists (OER); public service workers (incl. gov and not-for-profits); librarians, museum staff, and archivists; or software and game developers.

 

Done right, this could be an opportunity to engage different stakeholders in a group conversation about how online collaboration is changing their sector, and the risks and opportunities. All of those invited to contribute will be aware of the theme and how long it's running on the site, which will hopefully motivate them to visit regularly, to read and join in the comment thread discussions.

 

Hei kōnā

Strypey