[GOAL] Re: Looking to the past, looking to the future

[Dominique Babini]

Based on a survey and report on OA in Latin America and the
Caribbean<http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/access-by-region/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/>I
have prepared this year for the
 UNESCO-GOAP Global Open Access
Portal<http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/access-by-region/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/>,
I would mention as 2011 promising OA strategies in our region, the
following:  1) OA bill introduced in Congress in
Argentina<http://www.unlp.edu.ar/uploads/docs/con_sup_junio_2011anteproyecto_de_ley_de_repositorios.pdf>and
 in Brazil <http://kuramoto.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/pls387_2011.pdf>(reintroduced),
still in debate in both cases, requiring the creation of
institutional repositories and mandating deposit of publicly funded
research results; 2) consolidation of a model of gold OA journals at no
cost for authors and for end users, supported by research funds as the
previous printed version, and gathered in OA journal portals as
SciELO<http://www.scielo.org/php/index.php?lang=en>(907 journals) and
Redalyc <http://www.redalyc.org/> (758 journals) that charge no costs to
provide support and indicators for journal editors and funding agencies;
and 3) a regional cooperation initiative among institutional repositories
<http://www.redclara.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=533&Itemid=504&lang=en>that
now requires, for countries who want to participate, the creation of
national institutional repositories systems, thus promoting networking,
coordination and interoperability at national level.


Dominique



Dominique Babini

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2011/12/15 Richard Poynder <ricky at richardpoynder.co.uk>

> The migration from AmSci to GOALis now complete, and appears to have
> been successful, so many thanks to Stevan for overseeing the transition.
>
> Now is surely also a good moment to thank Stevan for moderating AmSci
> with such energy for the past thirteen years, and indeed for his
> constant and assiduous advocacy for OA in general. I fully concur with
> Tony Hey’s comment of yesterday: “I think that Stevan must take some
> credit from the UK Government's decision to insist on open access to
> publications and data ... Well done Stevan and thanks for all your
> tireless proselytizing on behalf of open access!”
>
> Meanwhile, with the end of the year fast approaching, what better time
> to look back at the last twelve months, and forward to the next.As list
> members will know, GOAL is intended to be a Forum devoted to practical
> policies and strategies for accelerating the growth of OA. I wonder,
> therefore, if anyone would like to share their thoughts on what policies
> and strategies they feel have been effective or promising in 2011, and
> how; and what they propose or foresee for2012 and why.
>
> Richard Poynder
>
> GOAL Moderator
>
> www.richardpoynder.co.uk
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