Open Access debate: Between article processing charge and radical sustainable openness
Por:
Esther Ramirez-Godoy, Maria, Araiza-Diaz, Veronica, Silvia Diaz-Escoto, Alma
Publicada:
1 jul 2019
Categoría:
Library and information sciences
Resumen:
The evolution of the Open Access (OA) movement is shown in contrast to
the resistance of commercial enterprises that intend to keep controlling
the distribution of scientific information through Article Processing
Charge (or pay for publishing). Actors and the scenery in dispute are
shown based on the antecedents of scientific communication and the
different results of scientific research, as well as the different
stages of the process of access to specialized publications. The
relevance and viability of the Open Access movement are discussed and
some clues or key points are provided for its possible sustainability.
The need to emphasize the relevance is placed upon the intention of
rethinking the way of assessing by peer-reviewing, in order to achieve
an Open Review (OR) in an extended context of free culture. It is
concluded that this is an economic, social, political and epistemic
phenomenon, and that the essence of the Open Access demands a model that
contemplates the open and free circulation of scientific knowledge in a
context of collaborative practices among authors, publishers, reviewers,
and librarians; with the understanding that knowledge is a common good
and that it is therefore necessary to define new patterns of production,
evaluation, distribution, consumption, and ownership of knowledge.
Filiaciones:
Esther Ramirez-Godoy, Maria:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Direcc Gen Bibliotecas, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Araiza-Diaz, Veronica:
UNAM, Escuela Nacl Estudios Super, Merida, Venezuela
Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, UNAM, Mérida, Mexico
Silvia Diaz-Escoto, Alma:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Direcc Gen Bibliotecas, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Dirección General de Bibliotecas, UNAM, Mexico
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