Article: An Overview of the Development of Repositories and Open Access in Mexico
Article: An Overview of the Development of Repositories and Open Access in Mexico
by Isabel Galina and Joaquin Gimenez
4 pages; PDF.
The paper presents an overview of the current landscape of repositories in Mexico and focuses on the work being done at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Finally, we offer specific recommendations for the further development of repositories and Open Access, with particular focus on the needs and possibilities of developing countries.
Repositories have become increasingly important in the academic world (Crow 2002; Lynch 2003; Kircz 2005). However, global coverage is patchy, with a small number of countries leading the way with the majority of their academic organizations developing institutional repositories, plus a number of subject or national repositories (Lynch and Lippincott 2005; Westrienen van and Lynch 2005; Markey, St Jean et al. 2006) Other countries will have none or only a few.
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