A "manifesto" released by OCLC Research calls on academic libraries to "offer alternative scholarly publishing and dissemination platforms that are integrated with appropriate repositories and preservation services", among other things.
"For economically poor countries," writes Barbara Kirsop, "the development of the fastest, lowest cost route to open access is a ‘no brainer’. ... The developing world urgently needs the establishment and filling of IRs right now."
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.
