OPEN ACCESS INITIATIVES IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, AND GEORGIA

John CareyHunter College Health Professions

Library

Why OA for the Sciences?

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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

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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)

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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

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An Issue of Language8

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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