SciDev.Net publishes key paper on Open Access Archiving
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Dear colleague,
Open Access Archiving: the fast track to building research ca-
pacity in developing countries
http://www.scidev.net/ms/openaccess
Increasing access to the global library of research findings
will be central to strengthening the science base in developing
countries. Currently, this is made difficult by the high costs
of journal subscriptions. With the advent of Open Access archiv-
ing the outlook for building science capacity in developing
countries has improved significantly.
In a peer-reviewed paper published today by SciDev.Net, three of
the world's leading open access experts, Leslie Chan, Barbara
Kirsop and Subbiah Arunachalam, summarise the current state of
play. In particular, they focus on the establishment of interop-
erable open access archives and their potential for true global
knowledge exchange.
The paper is freely available on the SciDev.Net website as well
as in downloadable pdf, MS Word and text files.
http://www.scidev.net/ms/openaccess
The authors outline reasons why they consider that Open Access
Archives (OAAs) offer the greatest and most immediate impact on
science and development. It outlines the current status of sci-
ence and technology in developing countries before reporting
current progress in both developed and developing regions. Fi-
nally it recommends what needs to be done to achieve free access
to all publicly-funded research publications.
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