[BOAI] Re: a question on the nature of this group

[Saray Córdoba]

Dear all,
Latin America is a open access region because open access movement is
stronger than other regions in the world. Here you have the Unesco's Goap
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/access-by-region/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/
which
describes the OA situation from different facets.

We have the LLAAR forum where someone translates to Spanish the BOAI Forum
news: https://www.facebook.com/groups/184675074889032/. Latindex (1997),
Redalyc and SciELO (1998) are pioneers. Before there was talked about open
access in the world (2001) these already existed.

Thanks to Carolina, Jean Claude and others that remind us that "the south
also exists" and this BOAI Forum is the best site to discuss about open
access and to support the local and regional development.

We invite you to our Conference Biredial 2013, that will be held in Costa
Rica on next October 15-17th. For more information visit:
http://www.biredial2013.ucr.ac.cr/<http://www.biredial2013.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/Biredial2013/ai>

Best wishes
Saray

2013/6/13 Françoise Salager-Meyer <francoise.sm at gmail.com>

> **
> Regarding the coverage of Latin American journals (SciELO) in the web of
> science, here are 2 interesting papers. The first one is entitled "Latin
> American Scientific Journals: from "Lost Science" to Open Access.
>
> http://www.mexicanistas.eu/uploads/documents/Latin%20American%20Scie
> ntific%20Journals,%20ponencia,%20Sanchez%20Pereira.pdf
>
> p://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)61600
> -6/fulltext
>
> Françoise Salager-Meyer
>
> ***
> Greetings from Vancouver
>
> Interestingly enough, at least from the perspective of an earth sciences
> librarian, it appears that some journals that
> are in Latindex are also indexed in Web of Science and GeoRef.
>
> For example,
>
> http://www.latindex.unam.mx/buscador/ficRev.html?folio=18159&opcion=3
>
> Knowing the coverage of GeoRef, this doesn't really surprise me.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> Kevin Lindstrom
> Physical Sciences and Engineering Librarian
> Woodward Library
> 2198 Health Sciences Mall
> University of British Columbia
> Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z3
> Email:kevin.lindstrom at ubc.ca
> Voice: (604) 822-0695
> scieng.library.ubc.ca
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk [
> boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] on behalf of Jean-Claude Guédon [
> jean.claude.guedon at umontreal.ca]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:00 AM
> *To:* boai-forum at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> *Subject:* [BOAI] Re: a question on the nature of this group
>
> Having tried for years to demonstrate that what is going on outside the
> North Atlantic region of the world, is significant at a world scale - how
> long did it take for people to begin paying attention to both SciELO and
> RedALyC? Who pays attention to the 6000 journals vetted by Latindex? Why
> are people mesmerized by the Web of Science, SCOPUS and Ulrich's? - and
> after publishing several articles on this kind of issues, I would support
> Carolina's call with passion. I would simply add that local actions are
> wonderful, but one should never forget that their potential world impact is
> also great. The North Atlantic region is not the sole fount of wisdom in
> the scientific world, and it should not masquerade as the only site of
> "international" science (international here meaning "core journals" as
> defined by Thomson-Reuters...).
>
> What SciELO and RedALyC are doing is probably far more significant than
> all the battles in Britain about a silly Finch report, because the Finch
> report affects only Britain and Brazil's GDP is just about to pass that of
> Britain, if it is not already the case. The future lies with Brazil, not
> Britain, or France or Germany.
>
> I am with you 120%' Carolina.
>
> Jean-Claude
>
>
>
> Le mercredi 12 juin 2013 à 13:06 -0400, Carolina Rossini a écrit :
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
>  In the past few days, thinking on how to advance OA in Latin America, I
> was wondering if the members of this list could play a more active role in
> supporting regional policy initiatives.
>
>
>
>  I was thinking of a coalition of sorts, which can publish statements and
> positions supporting local actions.
>
>
>
>  What do you think? This would not change other roles for this list,
> regarding discussions on concepts and events, but would add a additional
> and spicy element.
>
>
>
>  Carolina
>
>
>
>  --
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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