Open Access Publishing and Citation Archives: Background and Controversy

Knezo, Genevieve J.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Intellectual property;    Electronic publishing;    Publishers and publishing;    Copyright;    Telecommunication;   

RP-ID  :  RL33023
RP-ID  :  RL33023_2006Oct10

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

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 in the 109th Congress are summarized.