The Development Equation/Appendix

Learning and Knowledge in the 21st Century : The Development Equation
About The Development Equation Introduction Universities, Knowledge and Development Brief Historical Context of Learning and Knowledge ICT4D and A2k/OA	History of University Development in the 20th century - Canada/US/Africa Toward a Model for Measuring Change in the Development Equation - Research Proposal	Proposed Indicators and Conceptual Maps Brainstorming Key Concepts	Ideal and Resources Key References and Models OER and OA Links Bibliographic Sources Appendix

Table I – Indicators and Conditions
Conditions	Network Access (ICT4D)			Access to literature (a2k)		Knowledge for Development KAM indicators And additional data (K4D)
1st Objective – Description of the North-South patterns	High-income countries	Middle-income	Low-income	Same three categories		Same three categories
2nd Objective - Baseline : Current status of partners	uOttawa	TICH/GLUK		uOttawa	TICH/GLUK	uOttawa	TICH/GLUK
1st Condition - Research partnership establishes ICT4D, but no library sharing
2nd Condition - Research partnership - Develops ICT4D and a2k component with library sharing
3rd condition - Research partnership does not address ICT4D or a2k components

Table 2 - ICT4D indicators
General	Institution-specific
pattern of internet connection types at universities North and South	type of internet connection by partner institutions (broadband, dial-up, VSAT etc.)
Pattern of bandwith capability and usage	bandwith capability, bandwith used
Number of downloads and e-prints by type of publisher and by country for peer-reviewed on-line articles, pattern of dissemination (estimate from existing data)	Same but by institutional partner
Stability and reliability of access measured from optimal to poorest connectivity or zero	Comparison across the two institutions of access stability and reliability
Bandwith optimisation and management	Bandwith optimisation and management across the two partners
Money spent on ICT infrastructure at universities in the North and South – value for cost	Money spent and value for cost on ICT infrastructure comparison of partners
Bandwith per capita	Rating of connection quality by survey of users
	Hardware – computers per campus population, quality and age of equipment
	HR capacity for IT management
	Quality of physical library, number and quality of books and journals, # of books frequently used

Table 3 - A2k indicators
General	Institution-specific
Copyright legislation national
DMCA-type legislation by country (present or not)
Library consortia policy (eIFL)
University policies on authorized use	Policies of partner universities on authorized use
Memorandums of Understanding - general	Specific MOU of this partnership
Fair Use and Fair Dealing - laws
Government funding policies – mandated OA, voluntary OA
Institutional policies on open access	Partner’s policies (repository, self-archiving etc.)
General IPR regimes
Human Rights articles vis a vis intellectual property
Supreme Court decisions copyright/fair use and publisher litigation patterns
International policy – OECD, WSIS, CRIS, WTO, WIPO, a2k movement, BOAI, petitions etc.	Experience with literature use students and faculty
Subsidy programs and OA journals	Use and navigability of such programs at TICH/GLUK
Level of access – global	Global level of access by institution ie. Quantity of literature available through all routes

Table 4 - K4D
General	Institution-specific
World Bank K4D indicators – KAM - knowledge assessment methodology by country	Apply KAM at institutional level
Estimate of number of peer-reviewed articles worldwide
Countries of origin of top 2% cited literature in the world	Citation impact of institutional authors
Level of commercialization of basic research, economic value	Level of commercialization of basic research, economic value
Brain drain	Brain drain
Knowledge translation	Knowledge translation – application of institution’s research in local, national or international development
Pattern of spending on journal subscriptions	Spending on journal subscriptions by institution
# of articles published by country in p/r journals	# of articles published by institution in p/r journals
# of p/r sci-tech articles published by country	# of sci-tech articles published by institution in p/r journals
	# of research partnerships
Level of participation in international research networks	Level of participation in international research networks
	# nature and quality of journals published in