Open Access: the future of scholarly communication

Prosser, David C. Open Access: the future of scholarly communication. Cadernos de Biblioteconomia, Arquivística e Documentação, 2005, vol. 2005, n. 1, pp. 6-20. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

Advances in scholarship rely on the effective communication of research results. Discoveries need to be widely disseminated so that other researchers can build on them and contribute to an ever-expanding body of knowledge. The Internet age gives us opportunities never before dreamt of to ensure that everybody who could benefit from access to research has access. Unfortunately, current business models (subscriptions, “big deals”, etc.) restrict access to those who are able to pay. This slows down research and leads to inefficiencies in scholarly communication. Open Access gives us a model in which access is widened to all of the academic community world-wide. This paper describes two complementary modes of open access (repositories and open access journals) and gives examples of active steps that are being taken to implement open access to the benefit of authors, readers, and society as a whole.

Portuguese abstract

A evolução do conhecimento assenta numa eficaz comunicação dos resultados da investigação. As descobertas necessitam ser largamente disseminadas para que outros investigadores possam construir a partir delas o seu próprio saber, contribuindo, assim, para dar corpo e expandir o conhecimento. A Internet dá-nos oportunidades nunca antes sonhadas para nos assegurarmos de que todos aqueles que podem beneficiar do acesso à investigação tenham efectivo acesso a ela. Infelizmente, o actual modelo económico (subscrições,“grandes negócios”, etc.) restringe o acesso àqueles que podem proceder ao pagamento. Este facto retarda todo o processo de pesquisa e conduz às ineficiências a comunicação do conhecimento. O Open Access dá-nos um modelo em que o acesso é alargado a toda a comunidade académica, em todo o mundo. Este artigo descreve duas modalidades complementares do acesso livre (repositórios e artigos de publicações periódicas em acesso livre) e dá exemplos dos passos que estão a ser dados no sentido de implementar o acesso livre para benefício dos autores, dos leitores e da sociedade em geral.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: ACESSO ABERTO; PUBLICAÇÕES PERIÓDICAS; REPOSITÓRIOS; COMUNICAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA; ACESSO AO CONHECIMENTO; Open Access; series; repositories; scholarly communication; knowledge access
Subjects: H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HS. Repositories.
Depositing user: Ana Paula Sequeiros
Date deposited: 27 Aug 2007
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:09
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/10304

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