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Open access publishing and citation archives : background and controversy / Genevieve Johanna Knezo, Library of Congress Congressional Research Service.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Knezo, Genevieve Johanna, author.
- Library of Congress Congressional Research Service, author.
- Series:
- CRS report for Congress ; RL33023.
- CRS report for Congress ; RL33023
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Open access publishing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress, 2006.
- Summary:
- This report begins with an inventory of basic information: definitions and guides to histories of the growth of open access publishing and citation archives and descriptions of selected major open access activities. It moves on to summarize major points of difference between proponents and opponents of nongovernmental open access publishing and databases, and then highlights federal, including National Institutes of Health (NIH), open access activities and contentious issues surrounding these developments. The report also briefly describes open access developments in the United Kingdom (where a number of governmental and nongovernmental initiatives have occurred) and in the international arena. Finally, controversial issues which could receive attention the 110th Congress are summarized.
- Notes:
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