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Department of Libraries
Electronic Libraries
Open Access Resources:
What is Open Access?
The Open Access movement aims to make research articles in all academic fields freely available online. This is done through the development of Open Access repositories and Open Access Journals.
Why Open Access?
Open Access allows academics and scientists in developing and transition countries to not only access the material which they need to conduct their research, but provides a means by which they can more efficiently contribute their important work to the global research community. Through the new eIFL-Open Access Program, eIFL.net members will build capacity on the issues related to Open Access to enable members to benefit from the content which is made freely available through Open Access as well as ensuring that the local content produced within their countries is widely distributed. This is accomplished through the development of Open Access repositories and by encouraging authors within the countries to publish their articles in Open Access journals.
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