The European PSI Platform is funded under the European Commission’s eContentplus Programme and builds upon the work of the ePSIplus Thematic Network (September 2006 to February 2009) . The current site will remain but over the next few months you will notice changes to the design and structure as the European PSI Platform develops. All of the content published by the ePSIplus Network will be maintained and new content will be published. The European PSI Platform is an interactive one-stop shop which provides:

• News about European PSI re-use developments

• Emerging good practices
• Examples of new products and services
• Information about legal cases on the re-use of PSI
  

By: Raed M. Sharif Ph.D. Candidate in Information Science and Technology at the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, NY, USA. Research Fellow at the Intellectual Capital Unit,The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Email: {raedsharif@gmail.com} Phone: +27-72-419-4097, Mail Address: 337 Hinds Hall, Syracuse University. Syracuse, 13244, NY. USA

Abstract

Although it has always been an important asset to those who posses it, in the current knowledge society, information is considered as one of the most important goods in our daily life (Porat, 1977; Machlup & Mansfield, 1983; Mueller 1995; Stiglitz, 2000).