Informed and aware that "guaranteeing that research results may be freely available for everyone is the best way of maximizing their usefulness" and that "Open access is good for science, for the research community, and for humanity" we who sign permit ourselves to recommend to all Latin American institutions, and especially to our national governments, the adoption of Open Access policies and the inclusion of Open Access resources in the mechanisms of institutional evaluation of academic and scientific performance, as a means of stimulating the free generation of knowledge.
This group promises to create and maintain a network of research, exchange, promotion, diffusion, digital preservation and formation of personnel in the technological tools required to carry out the stated mission as well as the creation of a union catalog of contributions. We invite and open the doors so that all institutions may join this effort signing this declaration.
In Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, October 27, 2006.
Agents of the Declaration:
Of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Alberto Castro Thompson Of the Ibero American Science & Technology Education Consortium, Henry Jerez Of the São Paulo State University, Mariangela Fujita Of the Colombian Ministry of National Education, Alvaro Arias Of the University of the Andes, Venezuela, Jacinto Dávila Of Emory University, Richard Luce
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/05/2006 09:54:00 PM.
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.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
