Vinod Scaria, Open Access to Scholarly Communication: New Perspective for Health Professionals and Scholars, Plexus, March 26, 2004. Excerpt: "Open access is perhaps more relevant in the Health domain than perhaps any other - given its unique impact on human lives. Health is a basic human right and thus gives open access to scholarly communication in the health domain a unique philosophical and ethical perspective. Moreover, it has been pointed out that Open Access to Scholarly communication in the health domain is essential to contain the menace of diseases which plague the developing countries and to create a unique platform of exchange of knowledge between scholars. It is thought that Open Access would significantly improve the south-north flow of knowledge, adding to the prestige of scholars from the developing world....Open Access market also puts developing countries with immense IT-related expertise like India and South Africa at an advantageous position. The low cost for development and maintenance added with the low cost of manpower (compared to western statistics) make them potent and attractive destinations for publishers and service providers. Moreover, indigenous publishers can also leverage their expertise into an International platform effectively exploiting the unique opportunity."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/03/2004 01:06:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
