Welcome to Paul Pandian of IMSc to the discussion on open access. Regarding a list of all archives in the world, it may be of some academic interst only, as all archives are (or can be made interoperable) using the OAI metadata protocol. Right now there about 475 archives and 5.3 million documents. Please look up Peter Suber's blog [Open Access News] to follow developments in the OA movement. Right now I am in Beijing attending an OA policy and strategy conference convened by the Chinese Aacdemy of Sciences. I shall report to the list as soon as I return home. Arun
Hi,
I was looking for a source that may list all the institutional repositories across the world including India. I could not find one. If there is one, please do let me know.
We witness quite a few institutional repositories across the globe including India in the last few years. However, the number of articles archived are not very encouraging particularly in India. This is one problem. The other problem is that there is no comprehesive listing of archives that exist today. Even if there is one, searching across archives is another issue.
In order to promote the OA, we may have to do the following:
1. Promoting the concept of OA and its benefits in our own organisation ( - aggressively being carried out by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam and others so that more archives can be setup. More people must join them).
2. Populating the archives that are already setup -- is a very difficult task. There needs to be continous efforts in pursuading the research and academic community for this.
3. A Common aggregated database of all the archives that will harvest metadata from the individual archives and provide a common search interface. May be the individual archive can register with this common aggregated database with harvesting details. This will also enhance the reach out of OA articles.
Just a thougt.
Thanks.
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