UN Meeting Urged to Back Open Access Science
David Dickson,
SciDev.Net,
Dec 08, 2003
Much of the coverage of the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has concentrated on the role of government in managing the internet. But an important thread in the meetings is the push for open access. The current text in the draft Declaration of Principles reads, "We strive to promote universal access with equal opportunities for all to scientific knowledge and the creation and dissemination of scientific and technical information, including open access initiatives for scientific publishing." This sounds like a winner to me, and something which (I suspect) would be supported by the vast majority of the peoples of the world.
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