Open Access and Institutional Repositories — A Developing Country Perspective: a case study of India

Open access facilitates the availability and distribution of scholarly communication freely, as a means and effort to solve the problem of inaccessibility, primarily due to financial constraints, particularly in the developing countries. In India there has been a gradual realization of the usefulnes...

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Published in:IFLA journal 2007-10, Vol.33 (3), p.229-250
Main Authors: Ghosh, S.B., Kumar Das, Anup
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Developing countries
Exact sciences and technology
Implementation
India
Information and communication sciences
Information publishing, dissemination and reproduction
Information science. Documentation
Institutional repositories
LDCs
Open access
Publishing. Electronic publishing. Bibliological aspects
Scholarly communication
Sciences and techniques of general use
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Summary:Open access facilitates the availability and distribution of scholarly communication freely, as a means and effort to solve the problem of inaccessibility, primarily due to financial constraints, particularly in the developing countries. In India there has been a gradual realization of the usefulness of open access among various institutions. Various open access initiatives have been undertaken and are operational. Many are in the developmental stage. Some initiatives have also been taken in the area of metadata harvesting services particularly public funded ones. The future of open access in India is dependent upon a proper policy and developing a proper framework. In the implementation of open access, LIS professionals should play a proactive role in the growth of collections in institutional repositories. The paper provides an overview about the present state of open access initiatives by various institutions of the country.
ISSN:0340-0352
1745-2651
DOI:10.1177/0340035207083304