Handbook/Recommended Reading

Reading

General


 * We Think - Charles Leadbeater (first three chapters and animation on it available here)
 * The Power of Open - Creative Commons
 * The Open Data Manual
 * Digitize Me, Visualise Me, Search Me, collection including works on open knowledge from Living Books
 * An Introduction to Openness - Rufus Pollock
 * 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - Hans Rosling

The Economics of Open Knowledge


 * The Value of the Public Domain, by Rufus Pollock
 * Coase's Penguin, or Linux and the Nature of the Firm - Yochai Benkler

Open Government


 * The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks
 * UK Open Government Data Commitments Spreadsheet

Open Culture


 * New Renaissance Report - Elisabeth Niggemann, Maurice Lévy, Jacques De Decker
 * Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig

Open Science


 * Panton Principles Discussions: Interview Series on Open Data in Science

Open Knowledge and the Semantic Web


 * Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web
 * The Meaning and Future of the Semantic Web - Nova Spivack