The BOAI Org and the National Council of Rectors of Costa Rica (CONARE) recently co-organized a webinar that focused on the worrying trend of diamond open access journals adopting, or considering to adopt, the APC model. Speakers included Arianna Becerril-García, Leslie Chan, Saray Córdoba and Peter Suber. The event was moderated by Andrea Mora Campos with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish and English. Continue reading “Webinar Highlights Need to Protect the Diamond Open Access Model in Latin America”
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BOAI Transitioning to Organization to Support the Development of Equitable Open Access
The Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) offered the first definition of open access (OA) on February 14, 2002. The initiative proposed complementary strategies for realizing OA and launched a worldwide campaign for OA to all new research. Through consultations and convenings, the BOAI has provided detailed strategic recommendations, which it updated on its 10th anniversary in 2012 and 20th anniversary in 2022. Our recent BOAI20 Recommendations emphasize that OA is not an end in itself, but a means to other ends – above all, to the equity, quality, usability, and sustainability of research. As a result, the BOAI offers a unique platform for discussions on OA strategies and their implementation.
Today, on the 23rd anniversary of our original declaration, we are pleased to announce that the BOAI is in the process of transitioning to play a more active role within the Access to Knowledge movement. The new organization will foster the development of equitable open access and support the adoption of policies, practices and sustainability models that make scholarly communications free to read and publish. The BOAI Org will provide support and guidance to accelerate the implementation of our 20th Anniversary Recommendations which address the systemic problems that obstruct progress towards the realization of our original vision that “an old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good.” Continue reading “BOAI Transitioning to Organization to Support the Development of Equitable Open Access”