Accessing and Disseminating Scientific Information in South Eastern Europe

pontika.nancy@gmail.com's bookmarks 2012-10-05

Summary:

Use the link to access the complete report from UNESCO.  An excerpt from the Executive Summary reads as follows: "At the request of Member States from the region and according to the ‘Final Communiqué’ adopted by the Round Table of Ministers of Science from South Eastern Europe (Paris, October 2001), the UNESCO Office in Venice – UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (BRESCE) has undertaken a specific project devoted to enhancing access to and delivery of scientific information in South East Europe. The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Information (INASP) was entrusted with the task of undertaking a mapping of the situation and elaborating a comprehensive report, including a series of recommendations.  As a first step, fact-finding missions were undertaken in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro... The country visits revealed a very mixed situation regarding information access and dissemination. Some institutions seem to be well-endowed, whilst others have very little. Some countries have decided that connectivity is essential for academics and scientists, others leave this up to institutions and individuals. 
Systematic access to international journals is not a major technical or financial problem in two
of the countries; in the others this access is either very short term, limited to an institution or
two, or non-existent, despite efforts in the recent past to provide and sustain this access. Many
libraries seem to be struggling to adjust to the new economic and ICT environments, and to
mobilize political commitment and support ... All of the countries are struggling to document and disseminate their research outputs, especially in international journals. Local journal publishing is widespread (on paper), though it may not be top quality and it is questionable how accessible and visible these journals are locally, regionally and internationally. Experiments with open access online journal publishing are just starting in a few countries..."

Link:

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001532/153225e.pdf

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » pontika.nancy@gmail.com's bookmarks
Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.unesco oa.gold oa.universities oa.libraries oa.impact oa.quality oa.librarians oa.ict oa.colleges oa.inasp oa.reports oa.europe oa.hei oa.journals

Date tagged:

10/05/2012, 05:17

Date published:

10/05/2012, 11:01