NewsATOM Feed - Newstag:www.eifl.net:cps:sections:country:kyrgyzstan:kyrgyzstan-newsCPS2007-06-15 20:30:46Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium to create an open access archive with local theses and dissertations2007-06-15T18:30:46Z2007-06-15T18:30:46Z2007-03-29T13:34:07ZfalseisabelKyrgyzstanOn March 15-16, the Kyrgyz Libraries Information Consortium (KLIC) launched a project to create an open access repository of abstracts of theses and dissertations locallly produced in 12 leading universities and scientific institutes in the country. Sponsored by the Information Program of the Soros Foundation in Kyrgyzstan and the American University of Central Asia, this initiative aims to ...<p>On March 15-16, the Kyrgyz Libraries Information Consortium (KLIC) launched a project to create an open access repository of abstracts of theses and dissertations locallly produced in 12 leading universities and scientific institutes in the country. Sponsored by the Information Program of the Soros Foundation in Kyrgyzstan and the American University of Central Asia, this initiative aims to be the Kyrgyz contribution to the Open Access movement, by making local research visible worlwide for free. As the project evolves, it will seek to provide open access to full text resources too, thus being one of the first projects to create a national open access repository in the Central Asia region.<br /><br /></p>tag:www.eifl.net:cps:sections:country:kyrgyzstan:kyrgyzstan-news:2007_03_29_kyrgyz-libraries