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Date: Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:26 PM<br>Subject: Online Open Access Debates<br>
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<small>Is Open Access only for rich countries? <br>
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<small>Participate now in an online dialogue on open
access and the developing world</small> </h2>
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You are invited to take part in an online discussion on
Open Access (OA) from the perspective of the developing
world. </p>
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Funded by DFID, through the Mobilising Knowledge for
Development (MK4D) programme in the Institute for Development Studies
at Sussex University, and managed through the African Commons project
in South Africa and the Centre for Internet and Society in India, the
discussion will be hosted on UNESCO’s WSIS Open Access Community
Forum. This open access dialogue will provide a valuable space to
discuss different perspectives on what open access means for the
developing world and what it can offer. <br>
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There is compelling evidence which indicates that OA has finally
entered mainstream discourse. Yet, in the developing world context
there remain specific challenges and untapped opportunities for OA. A
series of open access discussions aimed at developing world critical
thinkers, activists and academics, seeks to explore insights and
articulate opinion on OA in the developing world. Join us for
stimulating debate!<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Setting the context </span><br>
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Open access has enjoyed a great deal of acceptance and growth over the
last decade, with a particularly strong spurt in the adoption of open
access policies by major agencies and governments in the last 12
months. With open access policies and initiatives now being taken up by
UNESCO, the World Bank, the FAO, the European Commission, and the
governments of the United Kingdom and the United States, among others,
it is clear that open access has entered the global mainstream. These
policies stress the human rights potential of open access in providing
access to scientific and cultural knowledge, ensuring its impact and
ensuring public access to publicly funded research. <br>
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We now know that open access can work in the immediate and short term
in providing better access to the research literature, whilst some of
the longer term consequences and effects are still emerging. This is
especially so in the developing world, which has been badly served by
the publishing system we have inherited from the 20th century, which
has marginalized research from developing countries. New opportunities
and possibilities are created by open access, and, at the same time
certain pitfalls need to be noted and avoided.<br>
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A foundational report prepared to inform this dialogue shows the risks
posed to all scholarly communications, discourse and practices by the
publish-or-perish system, and indicates that in the developing world,
the detriments are potentially much deeper and more damaging. As
researchers are incentivised to publish in overseas-based journals -
mostly unavailable in many developing world contexts - this research
‘brain-drain’ risks widening the gap between research and
policy [1]. <br>
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Read more <a href="http://institutefordevelopmentstudies.createsend4.com/t/r-l-kuxltt-jluthukldd-r/" style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:'Lucida Grande',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">here</a><br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Get discussing!</span><br>
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The first debate will kick off on<span style="font-weight:bold">
Tuesday, 27 November 2012.</span></p>
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<span style="font-weight:bold"></span>A general topic
will be complemented by two sub discussions. The discussion will
be hosted on the WSIS Knowledge Platform's Open Access group. To
take part you will be required to register on the platform.<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">KEY TOPIC</span>:<span style="font-weight:bold"> Production, publication and consumption of
scholarly knowledge and OA. </span></p>
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This will focus on the greater concern of scholarly
research in the developing country context debating the questions: What
does OA imply and offer the developing world in terms of production,
publication and consumption of academic materials and research
activities? What are the specific challenges and opportunities for
access to knowledge in developing
countries? </p>
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Within this topic the following sub-themes will be
introduced: <br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Sub-theme 1</span>:
Considering the issues of 'translation' of research for development
impact; co-production and increasing access to academic materials; and
the importance of OA in producing and sharing of non-state-supported
educational materials; and<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Sub-theme 2</span>: OA
in academia and the search for global prestige; the perverse impact of
metrics and rankings; scholarly knowledge production; and sharing and
consumption challenges in developing countries.<br>
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We will keep you posted about the second debate which will take place
early in January 2013. </p>
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the discussions using hashtag #developoa or follow the debates on
Facebook <a href="http://institutefordevelopmentstudies.createsend4.com/t/r-l-kuxltt-jluthukldd-y/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br>
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