Open Access Initiatives: Bridging Knowledge to the Public Domain

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  • Adapted from Writings of Peter Suber

Keywords:

Knowledge, Open Access, Open Access Initiatives, Green OA, Gold OA, OA Journals, Wealth, Public Property

Abstract

Open Access (OA) the term formulated in 2002 is literature in digital format, web-based, freely accessible, and largely devoid of copyright and licensing restrictions. Importantly, OA does not compromise the peer review process, and in all major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature scholars and scientists from concerned fields contribute their expertise voluntarily to ensure quality. One of the most enduring arguments supporting Open Access (OA) is the assertion that knowledge is inherently a public good, both in its nature and in how it should be treated. There is ancient Indian saying in Sanskrit ascribed to Bhartruhari that knowledge is the supreme wealth, wealth that cannot be pilfered by thieves, doesn't burden one, and expands infinitely while shared. These questions are discussed in the context of current scenario in this paper.

Author Biography

  • Adapted from Writings of Peter Suber
    The thought content of the paper is based on Peter Suber is the Senior Advisor on Open Access (in Harvard Library) and Director of the Harvard Open Access Project (in the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society). By training he's a philosopher and lawyer, and gave up his position as a tenured full professor of philosophy in 2003 to work full-time on Open Access. He was the principal drafter of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, and was involved in many international technical committees and devoted to open access and scholarly communication, and has been active in fostering open access for many years through his research, speaking, and writing.

References

Suber, Peter (2016). Knowledge Unbound: Selected Writings on Open Access, 2002-2011. Massachusetts, The MIT Press.

SPARC (2024). SPARC Open Access Newsletter. https://sparcopen.org/category/news/

Peter Suber (2009). Knowledge as a public good. https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/4391171

Peter Suber (2004). Open Access Overview: Focusing on open access to peer-reviewed research articles and their preprints. http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm

Chattapmi Swamikal (1854-1924)

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Published

2024-06-28

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2024): Chattampi Swamikal (1854-1924) & Open Access to Knowledge

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