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Jeudi 21 septembre 2006  |  Brésil

International Seminar on Open Access for Developing Countries

Publié le lundi 17 juillet 2006 par Marin Dacos

Résumé

The International Seminar on Open Access for Developing Countries is being organized by BIREME/PAHO/WHO as a parallel meeting of the 9th World Congress on Health Information and Libraries in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The objectives of the Seminar are: * to bring together various initiatives within the open-access movement * to discuss ways to improve visibility, accessibility, quality, and impact of journals from developing countries

Annonce

The International Seminar on Open Access for Developing Countries is being organized by BIREME/PAHO/WHO as a parallel meeting of the 9th World Congress on Health Information and Libraries in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

The objectives of the Seminar are:

  • to bring together various initiatives within the open-access movement
  • to discuss ways to improve visibility, accessibility, quality, and impact of journals from developing countries

Who should attend: science editors, information professionals, researchers and all those interested in electronic publishing and the Open Access movement.

Terms of Reference:

1) Initiatives within the open access movement (with focus on what all of this means for developing countries):

  • discussion on the pros and cons of open access
  • different models used and paths to achieving open access to the health literature
  • research reports and open access
  • democratizing access to scientific and health-related information
  • economics of scientific publishing and implications of the various open-access models
  • copyright and intellectual property

2) Open Access and the journals from developing countries

  • what does it means to bring journals online
  • publishing models for open-access journals
  • financing and sustaining open access journals in developing countries
  • costs associated with open access in developing countries
  • language barriers and translation
  • training information specialists and users on searching and accessing health literature


Lieu
  • Brésil
Date
  • jeudi 21 septembre 2006 au vendredi 22 septembre 2006

Pour citer cette annonce

« International Seminar on Open Access for Developing Countries », Colloque, Calenda, publié le lundi 17 juillet 2006, http://calenda.revues.org/nouvelle7100.html


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