Past and Present Scenario of Open Access Movement in India

Sawant, S. S. Past and Present Scenario of Open Access Movement in India., 2012 [Preprint]

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This paper gives an overview of open archives developed during the period of 2004–2012 in India including institutional, subject, cross repositories, etc. It also depicts the actions taken by the Indian government in response to the OA developments. The paper highlights that there are one cross institutional repository, three cross institutional electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) repositories, three subject repositories, five institutional ETD repositories, and twenty-five functional institutional repositories registered in the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR). It also gives an account of the National Knowledge Commission of India which has proposed a model to continue and expand the number of research papers being put in Open Access by establishing a specific fund for Open Access research. The paper provides the background to, and contemporary issues in, the development of open archives in India. It sum ups with the latest developments initiated by the Indian government, corporate organizations, etc. towards the success of the Open Access movement.

Item type: Preprint
Keywords: Open Access movement; Open archives; Institutional repositories; India; National Knowledge Commission; Thesis and dissertation repositories; Copyright policies
Subjects: H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HS. Repositories.
Depositing user: Dr. Sarika Sawant
Date deposited: 12 Dec 2013 03:21
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:29
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/20917

References

National Knowledge Commission. (2007), “Report of the Working Group on Open Access and Open Educational Resources”, available at: http://www.knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/documents/wg_open_course.pdf (accessed 12 September 2010).

Sahu, D. K. and Parmar, R. (2006), “The position around the world: Open Access in India”, in Jacobs, N. (Ed.), Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects, Chandos Publishing, Oxford, pp. 26-32

Sawant, S. S. (2011), "Institutional repositories in India: a preliminary study", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 28 Iss: 10, pp.6 – 10

Sawant, S. S (2009), "The current scenario of open access journal initiatives in India", Collection Building, Vol. 28 Iss: 4, pp.159 – 163


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