Submissions/Open Access & Wikipedia: Opening the world's academic research to improve the world's most popular reference source - Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong
abernard102@gmail.com 2013-05-09
Summary:
Use the link to access the proposal submitted for Wikimania 2013. The abstract reads as follows: "Open access is the practice of providing unrestricted access via the Internet to peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles. The panel will bring together experienced Wikipedians involved in the Open Access movement and other leaders from the Open Access community, to build dialogue and initiate collaboration between these closely aligned movements. The goal is to raise awareness about the value that opening up the body of scholarly and scientific research could have to the Wikipedia community, while promoting greater participation in the open access movement to improve the value of a highly significant global resource ..."