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The open internet is an essential condition of full and equal participation in the public sphere. This is why digital-rights groups, internet companies, and activists are uniting to protect net neutrality. http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/regions/united-states

The open internet is an essential condition of full and equal participation in the public sphere. Can the Internet Save Itself?

Open Web vs. Deep (Invisible) Web

The Open Web is also referred to as the "Surface Web" or "Visible Web." Search engines (such as Google or Yahoo) provide access to the Open Web, which includes Web sites and pages that are freely available to the public. But, according to some estimates: "Approximately 80% of the information on the Web belongs to the 'invisible Web'." List-Handley, C. J. (2008) Information literacy and technology. 4th ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, p. 36. Library databases are part of the "Invisible" or "Deep" Web. Like most libraries, ODU purchases subscriptions to these usually-costly resources for our primary users -- including you. For academic research, it is always best if you begin with library resources, for several reasons: Open Web Deep Web (Library Resources) Sources have not been reviewed or evaluated; anything goes Sources and search tools have been reviewed and recommended by experts Identity and credentials of the author or creator are often unavailable Sources are more likely to have been written or developed by experts, who are identified Open to anyone, anywhere Resources are intended for a specific academic community Little organization and limited searching features; information may or may not be updated Databases and other resources are better-organized, updated, and offer various advanced features Web sites can come and go; not always stable and usually not archived Most resources are a permanent part of our collection Think about it ... You may know that Government Resources are among the useful research sources to consult. Which part of the Web do you think they would fall under -- Deep or Open? It's a little tricky. Because they are freely available and published by the government, they are part of the Open Web - however, they are also included in library databases and catalogs as part of the Deep Web. To find government resources, you can use search tools in both the Deep and Open Web. http://alexandriaarchive.org/ The Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI) is a non-profit entity supporting research and development to enhance scholarly communications and instruction through innovative use of the Web. We do this through Web-based publication, with a focus on primary data—information that rarely sees dissemination. Our work aims to allow for greater breadth and depth of understanding—breadth resulting from open accessibility, and depth from sharing of primary content. This breadth and depth will promote greater transparency in the research process, innovative reuses of datasets, and broad-scale, collaborative research. The AAI supports a range of projects, funded primarily by government and private foundation grants. All projects work toward our mission of enhancing scholarship through use of the Open Web. The primary focus of our work is Open Context, an open access Web-based publication system for archaeology and other field sciences. In addition to this long-term project, we are involved in other collaborative undertakings. http://alexandriaarchive.org/about/