Contextualizing Openness: Situating Open Science

"This is the inaugural volume of the series “Perspectives on Open Access.” Since 2009, the University of Ottawa has made a strong commitment to supporting and promoting Open Access initiatives, and the University of Ottawa Press has developed a significant collection of titles that are openly available. The University of Ottawa Library has been a key partner in providing financial support for selected new books to be openly available upon publication, in keeping with the library’s commitment to support open dissemination of knowledge.

The goal of this new series is to explore the transformative implications of Open Access philosophy and practice in its economic, social, cultural, and political dimensions. As an emerging and vital area of scholarly inquiry, Open Access is playing a growing role in shaping public policy and the values of contemporary society. This timely book focuses on the role of Open Science in today’s world. It brings together the collective learning and knowledge from twelve research projects that formed the Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network (OCSDNet). This network engaged in a wide variety of research and practices in many countries to explore and demonstrate the benefits and limitations of Open Science principles and practices in various Global South contexts...."