Open Access Week Kickoff Event Celebrates Impact on Innovation » infojustice

"Experts discussed the changing nature of measuring the impact of research in the open, digital environment, and researchers who leveraged Open Access to advance science in significant ways were honored at the kickoff of 'Open Access Week' hosted by SPARC and the World Bank on October 21 in Washington, D.C. Thought leaders who are involved in Open Access from publishing to government to the nonprofit sector discussed the next steps for the movement and how it is redefining impact in science in the events opening panel, moderated by SPARC Executive Director Heather Joseph. Cyril Muller, World Bank’s Vice President of External and Corporate Relations, reported that demand is growing for access to the World Bank’s Open Knowledge Repository, which was launched in July 2012. In the first year, there were one million documents downloaded. By mid-October, two million were accessed, putting the organization on pace to double its downloads once again by year’s end ..."