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Ana María CettoInstituto de Física, UNAM, and President, LATINDEX
Panel on access to information and knowledgeUNESCO conference Role of ICTs for Persons with Disabilities
New Delhi, India, 26 November 2014
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Open access to online scientific information for all:
A regional perspective
Topics● Introduction: the OA movement
● Free and open access, a tradition in Latin America
● Relevance of OA for our journals
● Making access really inclusive: what does it mean?
● Some strategic steps; what Latindex can do.
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The OA movement
● First major steps:● Budapest 2002 – Bethesda 2003 – Berlin 2003
● What started it: ● Rising costs of scholarly journals
● What sparked it: ● Concerns of academics and librarians
● Pioneers: ● arXiv 1991 – Medline 1997.
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Major regional initiatives
- LATINDEX, comprehensive online information system, 1995 (Ibero America), 'all-inclusive'
- SciELO, virtual journal library, 1996 (Brazil)
- RedALyC, social sciences library, 2003
17000+ journal titles being published today in Ibero America!
www.latindex.org4
Of 5000+ online titles, 94.5 % are freeLatindex, 2013:
PAISACCESO DE REVISTAS EN
LÍNEA TOTALGRATUITO RESTRINGIDO
Argentina 537 12 549Bolivia 16 2 18Brasil 1608 5 1613Chile 333 4 337Colombia 67 8 75Costa Rica 141 6 147Cuba 103 26 129Ecuador 56 3 59Guatemala 10 2 12México 640 126 766Nicaragua 66 0 66Org. Internacionales 16 0 16Panamá 10 1 11Paraguay 14 0 14Perú 43 1 44Puerto Rico 40 15 55República Dominicana 20 0 20Uruguay 95 13 108Venezuela 89 1 90Otros 15 1 16
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Open Access statisticsSource:Wikipedia
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OA articles worldwide(green ans golden routes), Wikipedia 2009
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Relevance of open access
• To seize the benefits of the Open-Access movement:– Policies and actions in support of journals– International visibility
• Using our comparative advantages:– Tradition of free and open access– Common features: language, culture,
problems...– Experience in regional cooperation
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Making Open Access really inclusive:What does it mean?
i) Produce good- quality journals for all needs - - diverse disciplines, languages, authors, readers, ...
ii) Make them visible and searchable - - open-access repositories and virtual libraries
iii) Develop tools to facilitate and increase access.
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Making Open Access really inclusive:What does it mean?
● Which tools?
● What are the needs of our readers/users?
● What is desirable / feasible?
● How to achieve it?
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Creation of OA repositoriesS. Harnad. ROAR, August 2011
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Some strategic steps● Reliable data and diagnosis; analysis of
specific needs
● Promotion and awareness raising
● Legislation, institutional mandates, normativity
● Participatory development of appropriate tools
● Training and technical support.
IT tools are not the panacaea...But they offer valuable opportunities.
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What Latindex could do" Latindex could become a beacon to spread this understanding (about inclusive open access) to the whole world"
Bhanu Neupane, October 2014
● Raise awareness and identify needs
● Include WC3 compliance as an additional quality criterion for journals and journal repositories
● Work with PKP to include accessibility tools into OJS (Open Journal System) software for journals and platforms
● Training and dissemination.
We are ready to accept the challenge.14
Some basic bibliography
●Acceso abierto a la ciencia, Ernest Abadal, Barcelona, 2012;
●Open Access Overview, Peter Suber, 2013
● A number of dedicated websites and online documents.
www.latindex.org, www.latindex.unam.mx
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