open access in armenia, azerbaijan and georgia
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The status of open access journals and institutional repositories in three South Caucasus countries. Originally delivered at Science, Technology, and Medical Librarians Special Interest Group, Metropolitan New York Library Council.TRANSCRIPT
OPEN ACCESS INITIATIVES IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, AND GEORGIA
John CareyHunter College Health Professions
LibraryOctober 21, 2011
METRO STM SIG
Why OA for the Sciences?
Donabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Slavic and East European Education Resources,
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SPARC Accelerate the pace of scientific
discovery Encourage innovation Maximize investment in research
Why OA for Developing Countries?The “Invisible College” Science as never before “a global
network” High disparity between resource fees vs.
local incomes
More access & impact for researchers in Developing countries Non-elite institutionsDonabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Slavic and East European Education Resources, 12(4).
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Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL)International not-for-profit organization
Mission: “work with libraries worldwide to enable access to digital information in developing and transition countries”
Country Coordinators in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
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TABLE 1: OA Publishing in the South Caucasus, 2011
Source: Zargaryan, Zayseva, Kuchma (personal communication)
Donabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Slavic and East European Education Resources,
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Country Open Access Journals
Institutional Repositories
Digital Libraries (Federal level)
Armenia 5 0 1
Azerbaijan 3 1 0
Georgia 5 0 1
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OA in Armenia
5 OA Journals, most focusing on science: Mechanics, Physics, Mathematics,
Biology . . . also “Historical-Philological”
Digital Library Fundamental Scientific Library
Seeks “mass digitization” of NAS journals
Donabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at Armenia, Azerbaijan, and
Georgia. Slavic and East European Education Resources, 12(4).
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An Issue of Language8
Donabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Slavic and East European Education Resources,
12(4).
Donabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Slavic and East European Education Resources,
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OA in Azerbaijan
Institutional RepositoryKUIR: Khazar University Institutional Repository
Diverse subjects The region’s only IR
3 OA journals: international affairs, general academic research, etc.
Donabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Slavic and East European Education
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Donabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at Armenia, Azerbaijan, and
Georgia. Slavic and East European Education Resources, 12(4).
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OA in Georgia
Donabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Slavic and East European Education
Resources, 12(4).
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5 OA journals, heavy on technical subjects (mathematics, computer science)
Digital Library of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia Electronic theses, dissertations, e-
resources
Donabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at Armenia, Azerbaijan, and
Georgia. Slavic and East European Education Resources, 12(4).
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3 Languages: Georgian, Russian, English
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Donabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Slavic and East European Education Resources,
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Use of OA to:
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1) provide greater access to content for those in the South Caucasus,
2) encourage national innovation, 3) encourage transnational innovation by
providing global access to the scholarly output of South Caucasian scholars, and
4) break down the pay-walls that make scholarly literature too expensive for libraries in the South Caucasus
Challenges for OA in the South Caucasus
Low level of awareness among faculty
Technological infrastructure Political, economic instability
Donabedian, D. A. and Carey, J. (2011). Open access and liberal education: A look at Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Slavic and East European Education
Resources, 12(4).
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