IFLA has released a statement, Promoting the global information commons (February 24), in preparation for the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society. Excerpt: 'IFLA advocates a global information commons through which all people will be enabled to seek and impart information. Its realisation requires, at a minimum, ubiquitous access to sufficient affordable bandwidth, up to date and affordable ICTs, unrestricted multilingual access to information and skills development programs to enable all to both access information and disseminate their own while respecting the fundamental right of human beings to both access and express information without restriction. This requires investment by governments, international agencies and business entities through the harnessing of all available infrastructure and resources in partnership with civil society.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/24/2005 09:41:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
