Open access: From hope to betrayal

Items tagged with oa.south in Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) 2022-04-06

Summary:

This article examines key interventions by OA founders and funders such as transformative agreements (subscriptions) and the rights retention strategy (RRS) (copyright). We assert that these interventions gave rise to the transference from a movement with a purpose to a movement for a process. This transference consolidates the systemic inequalities that have resulted in the marginalization of African research voices. There is a desperate need to eradicate this betrayal and rebuild trust in the openness movement, at the same time ensuring Africa does not become a casualty to the “begging bowl syndrome.”1 Stakeholders in Africa need to develop interventions to address the accessibility and scholarly dissemination challenges of African scholarship.    

Link:

https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/25405/33290

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Tags:

oa.subscriptions oa.scholcomm oa.scholarship oa.rights-retention oa.offsets oa.objections oa.libraries oa.funders oa.debates oa.africa southern_africa africa south_africa global_majority

Date tagged:

04/06/2022, 13:17

Date published:

04/06/2022, 04:35