Just Released: IFLA Statement Clarifying Position on Open Access & All IFLA Publications Will Become Open Access

From the IFLA Web Site:

Clarifying IFLA’s position and strategy

IFLA is committed to the principles of freedom of access to information and the belief that universal and equitable access to information is vital for the social, educational, cultural, democratic, and economic well-being of people, communities, and organizations.

Open access is the now known name for a concept, a movement and a business model whose goal is to provide free access and re-use of scientific knowledge in the form of research articles, monographs, data and related materials. Open access does this by shifting today’s prevalent business models of after-publication payment by subscribers to a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. Thus, open access is an essential issue within IFLA’s information agenda.

Read the Complete Position Paper (4 pages; PDF)

IFLA will develop a transition plan that specifies the steps to be taken to transform IFLA’s publications into open access.

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