International Seminar on Open Access for Developing Countries - Salvador, Bahia - Brazil
BIREME/PAHO/WHO
Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information
Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization
Salvador, Bahia - Brasil - September 21-22, 2005
Presentation
The International Seminar on Open Access for Developing Countries is being organized by BIREME/PAHO/WHO as a parallel meeting of the 9th World Congress on Health Information and Libraries in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
The objectives of the Seminar are:
- to bring together various initiatives within the open-access movement
to discuss ways to improve visibility, accessibility, quality, and impact of journals from developing countries
Who should attend: science editors, information professionals, researchers and all those interested in electronic publishing and the Open Access movement.
Terms of Reference:
1) Initiatives within the open access movement (with focus on what all of this means for developing countries):
- discussion on the pros and cons of open access
- different models used and paths to achieving open access to the health literature
- research reports and open access
- democratizing access to scientific and health-related information
- economics of scientific publishing and implications of the various open-access models
- copyright and intellectual property
2) Open Access and the journals from developing countries
- what does it means to bring journals online
- publishing models for open-access journals
- financing and sustaining open access journals in developing countries
- costs associated with open access in developing countries
- language barriers and translation
- training information specialists and users on searching and accessing health literature
To participate you will need to register in ICML9. Registration includes admission to all ICML9 sessions, from September 20-23, unlimited exhibit halls visits, opening session, welcome cocktail, cultural activities and Farewell party.
To apply for this meeting, please use the Contact button to send a message with your name, institution and country.
We are looking forward to your participation!
