Open Access and Global Inclusion: A Look at Cuba

Authors

Elizabeth Jardine, CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeFollow
Maureen Garvey, CUNY College of Staten IslandFollow
J. Silvia Cho, CUNY Graduate CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2017

Abstract

Is the Open Access movement meeting its goal of equalizing access to research worldwide? What we learned in libraries and archives during a delegation to Cuba inspired us to pursue this question. Latin America has long used OA to share its research, but it still has not achieved parity in access and contribution with the developed world. We consider what the OA movement can do to relieve some of these global inequities.

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Includes article text, powerpoint presentation, and electronic handout with resources.

This work was originally presented at the ACRL conference in March 2017.