[BOAI] Open access and open science in Asia

[Iryna Kuchma]

[Forwarded message from Kathleen Shearer <m.kathleen.shearer at gmail.com>]

Dear colleagues (please excuse the cross posting),

Open access and open science are global trends, but we tend to hear most
about what is happening in Europe and North America.

Asia is rapidly increasing in prominence on the world stage, both in terms
of R&D as well as scientific production. According to UNESCO, in 2015, the
Asia region encompassed close to half of global expenditure on research and
development (R&D, 42%) and for research outputs, Asia has been extremely
prolific and growing quickly, with China leading the world in numbers of
published research articles. But Asia is also a very diverse continent,
representing many different languages and cultures and this diversity must
be reflected in the way open science is implemented. International
alignment, common standards and interoperability must be balanced with
local priorities, needs and requirements.

At COAR, we believe it is important to have venues and opportunities that
allow participants to focus on issues of local importance in their own
region. Asia OA is a community hosted by COAR with the aim of supporting
information sharing about open science policies and practices across the
Asian continent. On a biannual basis, COAR along with a different local
host, organizes an Asia OA meeting. Previous meetings were held in Tokyo,
Kuala Lumpur, Kathmandu, and Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The Asia OA meeting is hosted this year by the Korea Institute of Science
And Technology Information, KISTI and offers participants the opportunity
to learn more about what is happening in Asia related to open access and
open science. This meeting, which is normally attended by delegates from
different Asian communities, is taking place online this year and is
therefore open to everyone.

The meeting began today (September 9 - 16, 2020), and offers a mix of
prerecorded presentations, live panels, and a session with country reports
from 14 different jurisdictions.

For more information, please visit the meeting website:
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2F2020korea.asiaoa.org%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cf64a80a97f244bcfaa4b08d854f539c2%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=rOtlPCb2vLXmkRk7FqM7tAjuJhGA%2BQ411NvBqdtYXtA%3D&amp;reserved=0

Best, Kathleen

Kathleen Shearer
Executive Director
Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)
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