Domain
The democratisation of knowledge boosts innovative solutions to development challenges.
Capability descriptor
- Explain the concepts 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 to support decision-making for its 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 towards awareness, adoption, and use of open knowledge practices within the institution.
- Advocate and make inputs into institutional policies that support open knowledge.