Open Access in Egypt
and Arab States
Mandy A. Taha, PhD
Open Access Consultant, Egypt
Open Access (OA)
Definition of "open access" from the Budapest Open Access
Initiative (BOAI):
"By 'open access' to this literature, we mean its free availability
on the public internet, permitting any users to read,
download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full
texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as
data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose,
without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those
inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. The only
constraint on reproduction and distribution, and the only role
for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors control
over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly
acknowledged and cited."
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Open Access in Arab States
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By time elapsed
Information Gap existed
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Major force behind the emergence of
the OA movement
• The rising cost of journal subscription
• The emergence of digitization
• The increasing need to gain access to
knowledge and receive greater visibility
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Source: http://library.buffalo.edu/scholarly/index.php
Access was only for those who could afford !!
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PRESENT
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Open Access and Arab States
On October 2006 during Nidae Al-Ryadh of Free
Access to Scientific and Technical Information
Currently there are:
10930 OA Journals listed in DOAJ; 2044 OA
Journals in Arab states are listed >>>> 22.35%
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MAJOR REGIONAL PROJECTS
AND INITIATIVES
Majaliss
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Maghreb Virtual Science Library (MVSL)
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QScience.com
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Maerfa
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Open Access in Egypt
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OA Repositories in Egypt
• Cairo University: ت������
• ARLIS
• AUC DAR Repository (Digital Archive and
Research Repository)
• The Agricultural Research Center
• The Digital Assets Repository
• The BUE e-print repository
• IDR-MDLIS
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Snapshot of the Projects at Library
of Alexandria
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Snapshot of the Projects Library of
Alexandria
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Internet Archive
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Activities in Open Access in Egypt
Open Access Week (22-28) October
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OA Week profile can be viewed here: http://www.openaccessweek.org/group/open-access-egypt
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Thank you
Questions ?!
Mandy A. TahaOpen Access Consultant, PhD
E-mail: [email protected] in: Mandy Taha /Twitter: @mtahahttp://eprints.rclis.org/17568/http://www.openaccessweek.org/group/open-access-egypthttp://www.openaccessweek.org/profile/MandyTaha
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