Participation in the global knowledge commons

摘要: Purpose – This paper aims to provide a review of recent trends in the open access (OA) movement, as well discuss significance those for information developing countries.Design/methodology/approach An analysis literature was carried out, focusing on benefits greater countries. The also brings together diverse experiences from authors OA publishing and archiving with institutions number countries.Findings Knowledge workers countries are now getting scholarly scientific publications electronic resources at level that is unmatched historically. highly significant, if meet millennium development goals. movement growing Open Archive Initiative‐compliant institutional repositories promise even were previously inaccessible. These lo...