Openness

Will open access replace costly commercial publishing models?

Technology has inherently changed the way science education is propagated. Digital libraries, wikis, webinars, videoconferences, open access and repositories —...

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Research papers will be available in public domain

2012-13 was declared the year of science by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last year, and there is a lot of...

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The STI Policy Proposes a Transformative Open Access Approach for India

Indians may soon be able to read scientific papers for free. Reading scientific papers is currently an expensive affair. Many...

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Research Publishing: Is ‘One Nation, One Subscription’ Pragmatic Reform for India?

The story of open access (OA) publishing in India has been a chequered one. While we have had some progress...

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Should India adopt Plan S to realise Open Access to Public-funded Scientific Research?

Note: This blog entry was first published on May 29, 2019, and later updated on June 5, 2019 to accommodate...

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The city of Bhubaneswar is going Open

The Openness movement is a concept or philosophy that is characterized by an emphasis on transparency, free and unrestricted access...

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CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy

The internet is increasingly significant as a knowledge repository today. Especially relevant in this context is the online encyclopedia Wikipedia,...

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How Open Access Content helps Fuel Growth in Indian-language Wikipedias

This was published by Opensource.com on October 24, 2016. Indian-language Wikipedias and open access Most commonly spoken Indian languages have...

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What Indian Language Wikipedias can do for Greater Open Access in India

This was published by Your Story on October 20, 2016. State of Indian languages on the internet Based on a...

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Why Open Access Has To Look Up For Academic Publishing To Look Up

The article was published in the Wire on October 12, 2016. “…if you are a member of the knowledge elite,...

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