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Launch of the Global Alliance of Open Access Scholarly Communication Platforms to democratize knowledge

Launch of the Global Alliance of Open Access Scholarly Communication Platforms to democratize knowledge | Everything open | Scoop.it

In Inclusive Knowledge Societies, people have ready access to information and communications resources, in languages and formats that suit them, and possess the skills to interpret and make use of them. Within this framework, promoting access to scientific scholarship (in the broadest sense) has remained a central challenge to most Member States. UNESCO, with its partners, continues to pursue this objective through its programmes on Open Science and Open Access as well as in partnership with other key actors .

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What do we mean when we call scholarly communications platforms 'sustainable'?

What do we mean when we call scholarly communications platforms 'sustainable'? | Everything open | Scoop.it
The title here is a little deceptive. Because, clearly, I do know what we mean when we call scholarly communications platforms ‘sustainable’. We mean that they will, through one business model or another, manage to maintain themselves without research funders ploughing endless cash into them. Yet, I’ve been thinking about this recently and it comes with several pre-assumptions that are quite tricky to unpick.
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