Open Access in Arab Countries

JAMILA JABERCentral Library DirectorIslamic University of Lebanon 29 October 2016

Status Quo

There is no one term for Open Access in Arabic

No clear definition One Arab Initiative (Nidaa Riyadh, 2006) No clear or transparent policies (Funding,

Publishing models, peer review…)

Question

How Open Access Diffuses in Arab

Countries?

Gold & Green

651 in DOAJ ( compared to 25000 Arabic periodicals in total)

39 repositories (mostly with no clear policy of self-archiving, no standards)

DFAJ, 350 (Directory of Free Arabic Journals)

Source: Farraj. A.(2016). Alwousol alhur fi al’alam al ‘arabi: Nazra ‘amma. Unpublished study.

OA In Action!Facebook Groups (in order to make connections with Arabic Scholars Interested in Open Access ) Arab Open Access (858 members...) Open Access Tunisie (1157 members)Page & blog Arab Initiatives of Open AccessOpen Access weeks (Egypt, SA, Tunisia…)

Arab Open AccessTogether!

JAMILA JABERCentral Library Director

Islamic University of Lebanon 29 October 2016