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Open Access Repositories in India:A Lost Opportunity?


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1 National Science Library, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, 14, Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
 

In the last week of May 2016, the European Union ministers of science, innovation, trade, and industry in a meeting agreed that by 2020 all scientific papers should be freely available. And in early 2016, it was reported that a consortium of higher education institutions in the Netherlands has negotiated agreements with major publishers including Elsevier to make all Dutch scientific publications available in open access domain.
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Vijendra Kumar
National Science Library, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, 14, Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
G. Mahesh
National Science Library, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, 14, Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India

Abstract


In the last week of May 2016, the European Union ministers of science, innovation, trade, and industry in a meeting agreed that by 2020 all scientific papers should be freely available. And in early 2016, it was reported that a consortium of higher education institutions in the Netherlands has negotiated agreements with major publishers including Elsevier to make all Dutch scientific publications available in open access domain.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi02%2F210-212