This paper will introduce some of the agents involved in context of protection (monopoly‐commoditization) / liberalization (open access as a public‐information) of information and their positions, citing the example of recent projects such as CODATA, Science Commons or,...

5 x 5 crucial points and suggestion for scientific copyright is the focus of the Conference “Condividi la Conoscenza: nodi e proposte per una politica della conoscenza. L’Italia e l’agenda di Lisbona”, Milan, IULM, 22 June 2007. (Share the knowledge: crucial points and ...

At the time of the Budapest Declaration, self-archiving supporters looked like a revolutionary, "anti-commercial publishers" movement. Today, after some years debate (and technological innovation in research and scientific e-publishing), antagonist positions are able to...

This presentation provides a basic description of open access and a very brief description of the crisis in scholarly communications which created the need for expanded access. Open access initiatives in western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta) are discussed, includin...

The phrase information commons refers to our shared knowledge base. Heather Morrison presents examples of the commons in action, ranging from open access and open source scholarly resources to the blogosphere. The concept of sampling in music is discussed, and applied t...

A course on Open Access for librarians (in Italian).

Overview of activities in the field of open access funded by Open Society Institute and backed up by eIFL is given. From general information about OSI, eILF and open access activities we come to practical solutions in a few countries included in OSI programs. Finnaly, s...

The open access publishing movement has begun to enhance the availability of research published in peer-reviewed journals. Valuable grey literature also deserves extensive exposure, but in too many cases it languishes unnoticed. A common means of increasing access to gr...

The concept of scholarly information and the importance of Open Access is analysed along with the importance that initiative is giving in the academic-scientific field and in society. The model of scholarly communication is studied, as well as, the concerns and problems...

The Complutense University has made a durable commitment with the principles of the Open Access movement. the University signed the Berlin Declaration on 2006 with the CRUMA universities. In this field the Complutense Library has developed some actions in two areas, the...