Open access: the role of the university in Brazil

Authors

  • Sandra Lucia Rebel Gomes Universidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Ciência da Informação, , Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v8i2.618

Keywords:

Open-access policies, Universities, Open Access, Scientific Knowledge, OA Journals (GoldOA), OA Repositories (Green OA), Information Dissemination, Access to Information

Abstract

Addresses the barriers to access the scientific knowledge, linked to the contradictions inherent to business model involved in marketing of journals and copyright. In the analysis of the chain of production of scientific knowledge through the discrimination stage, outlines the problems of private appropriation of resultsof this production, the root of the motivations that led to the emergence of the movement for open access to scientific information. Discusses the actions and recommendations issued by that movement, assembledroutes: Golden (open access journals) and Green (institutional repositories) to propose a public policy for open access, currently non existent in Brazil.The paper assigns to the university a prominent role to such policy.

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Published

2014-05-30

How to Cite

Gomes, S. L. R. (2014). Open access: the role of the university in Brazil. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v8i2.618

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014): Temático | Acesso Livre e Repositórios Institucionais

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Original articles

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