Dear Indian FOSS Community,
"Is open access helping to reverse this global divide [in education
and academic research] by increasing the exposure of developing
country research? And what strategies are being used to achieve this
goal? ... There are a number of questions that arise - most cogently,
how has this focus on journals worked for the developing world? Often
the rhetoric for supporting either green or gold OA has been the
advantage in getting higher citation rates in the ISI. Is this what we
should be aiming for? ... But also, should we be focusing on journals?
If we step away from developing world practices, what are the real
publishing needs that face us?" Eve Gray wrote the above section
introducing the ongoing WSIS Knowledge Communities discussion on
'Is Open Access Only for Rich Countries?' The discussion will
advance through the next weeks, focusing on the following issues:
translation, co-production and increasing access to academic
materials; importance of OA in producing and sharing of
non-state-supported educational materials; OA in academia and the
search for global prestige; the perverse impact of metrics and
rankings; scholarly knowledge production, sharing and consumption
challenges in developing countries. Please let us invite you to follow
and participate in this crucial debate about open access, education
and the developing world. Link to the debate:
http://crm.cis-india.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2402&qid=248864
[1] You can also participate in the discussion on Facebook:
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[2]
Or tweet about it using the hashtag #developoa Regards, Sunil Abraham
Executive Director Centre for Internet and Society www.cis-india.org
[3] +91 9611100817 [email protected] [4]
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