Keisham, Sangeeta; Sophiarani, Soubam(INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)
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Abstract:
Open Access (OA) initiative emerged as a revolutionary movement that promotes free access
to scholarly publications over the Internet, removes the price and permission barriers and
ensures the widest possible dissemination of research. OA exists where there is free, immediate
and unrestricted availability of digital content. In India poor access to international journals
and the low visibility of research papers are the major problems facing Indian researchers.
OA is viewed as a solution to remedy this problem.A number of workshops and training events
were organized in India during this period, where a few thousand library and computer
professionals received training in open source software for building open access repositories.
The present paper aims to give the concept of Open Access and highlights some of the Open
Access Journal initiatives in India.Open Access to information and knowledge not only enables
digital inclusion of common citizens, particularly under privileged communities, but also bridges
social divides.