<font size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">[Forwarding from the Knowledge Exchange. --Peter Suber.]</font><br><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><br>PRESS RELEASE<br>
26 October 2011<br>
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Success of open access presented in over thirty compelling stories<br>
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Open access - the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research - can transform scholarship and its impact. More than 30 compelling stories have been collected from across Europe and further afield to show this transformation in action.<br>
The stories are from over 11 countries and are told by a wide variety of stakeholders from individual researchers and journal editors to publishers and companies and cover a multitude of disciplines. Some of the initiatives have a rich history while others are more recent. All demonstrate the benefits of open access, sometimes in quite unexpected ways. This range of stories was commissioned by Knowledge Exchange and collected by Michelle Pauli.<br>
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A trailblazing bioscience platform sharing bioscience research, globally<br>
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One example is Bioline International, this is a platform for quality peer reviewed journals published in developing countries, from Bangladesh to Venezuela. Launched in 1993 it was one of the pioneers of open access and acts as a conduit for research to and from the developing world. Bioline's success in sharing knowledge between north and south, east and west is clear from site traffic statistics showing the spread of visitors. During a one month period between July and August 2011, 1,032,844 visits came from 224 countries or territories.<br>
<a href="http://www.oastories.org/2011/09/ukcanadabrazil-platform-bioline-international/" target="_blank">http://www.oastories.org/2011/09/ukcanadabrazil-platform-bioline-international/</a><br>
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Open for re-use<br>
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The stories can be found on a dedicated, easy-to-use website and are open for comments and ready to share. They are not only free for all to read and refer to, but they are also licensed under a creative commons licence. To allow for easier re-use the stories will be available for download and use in other publications and websites.<br>
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The website showing the Open Access success stories can be found at: <a href="http://www.oastories.org" target="_blank">www.oastories.org</a><br>
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The stories will be available for download from the Knowledge Exchange website at: <a href="http://www.knowledge-exchange.info" target="_blank">www.knowledge-exchange.info</a><br>
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On behalf of the Knowledge Exchange partners,<br>
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Anne Maja Wad<br>
KE Secretary<br>
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Anne Maja Wad<br>
Knowledge Exchange Secretary | <a href="http://www.knowledge-exchange.info" target="_blank">www.knowledge-exchange.info</a> <<a href="http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/" target="_blank">http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/</a>> | <a href="mailto:amw@knowledge-exchange.info">amw@knowledge-exchange.info</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:amw@knowledge-exchange.info">amw@knowledge-exchange.info</a>> | Danish Agency for Libraries and Media | H.C. Andersens Boulevard 2, 5th floor | DK-1553 Copenhagen V | Denmark | T <a href="tel:%2B45%203373%203315" value="+4533733315">+45 3373 3315</a> |<br>
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