[eIFLoa] Presentations about Open Access at IFLA conference

[Iryna Kuchma]

Dear colleagues,

This year there was a number of interesting presentations about open access
at IFLA:

1) Barriers to open access to scientific information in Kenya, with
particular reference to agricultural information
FLORENCE MUINDE and G.E. GORMAN (Victoria University of Wellington,
Wellington, New Zealand
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/101-muinde-en.pdf

2) Aquatic commons model: the roles of IAMSLIC, FAO and IFREMER in
supporting open access to fisheries and aquaculture research and management
STEPHANIE HAAS (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA), PATRICIA
MERRIKIN and ARMAND GRIBLING (FAO David Lubin Memorial Library, Rome, Italy)
and FRED MERCEUR (Bibliothèque La Pérouse, Ifremer, France)
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/101-haas-en.pdf

presented at the meeting Agricultural Libraries: Worldwide trends in open
access to agricultural information
(other papers from this session (#101) are here:
http://www.ifla.org/annual-conference/ifla75/programme2009-en.php#monday)

3) Open Access Initiatives in Academic Libraries : Challenge to the User
KAUR KIRAN (University of Malaya, Malaysia ) and YIP PING CHIA (University
Tunku Abdal Rahman, Malaysia)
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/105-kiran-en.pdf

4) The challenges of advocating for open access through institutional
repository building: experiences from Makerere University, Uganda
MIRIAM KAKAI (Makerere University Library, Mampala, Uganda)
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/105-kakai-en.pdf

presented at the meeting Library Theory and Research: Research into open
access
(other papers from this session (#105) are here:
http://www.ifla.org/annual-conference/ifla75/programme2009-en.php#monday)

5) Interactive open access publishing and public peer review: The
effectiveness of transparency and self-regulation in scientific quality
assurance
ULRICH PÖSCHL (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany)
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/142-poschl-en.pdf

6) Open access practice in National Science Library, Chinese Academy of
Sciences (China)
LI LIN, LIU XIWEN, and ZHANG XIAOLIN (National Science Library, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/142-lin-en.pdf

7) Le libre accès dans les universités arabes: Opinions et pratiques des
chercheurs et des éditeurs
WAHID GDOURA (Manouba University, Tunis, Tunisia)
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/142-gdoura-fr.pdf

presented at the meeting Science and Technology Libraries: Open access to
science and technology research worldwide: strategies and best practices

I also gave a paper at this meeting:
8) Open Access policies in developing and transition countries
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/142-kuchma-en.pdf (in English)
Translations: [Français]
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/142-kuchma-fr.pdf
and my updated presentation is here:
http://www.slideshare.net/irynak/open-access-policies-in-developing-and-transition-countries

You might be also interested in this paper:
9) Measuring the Usage of Cultural Heritage Documents: The German Project
Open Access-Statistics
Matthias Schulze, University of Stuttgart, Germany
presented at the meeting on Statistics and Evaluation, Information
Technology and Preservation and Conservation
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/92-schulze-en.pdf

With best wishes,
Iryna.