A webinar of interest to STEM librarians
Friends, This webinar on S2O to be held on 6 November may be of interest to most STEM librarians. Please see : https://bit.ly/registration-nov24 and https://www.oaspa.org/events/wayfinders-4-a-deep-dive-into-s2o-subscribe-to-... . The S2O model for serials pioneered by Annual Reviews Inc. about five years ago and the D2O model pioneered by the MIT Press follow the Gandhian ideal of Trusteeship. Those who can afford to pay pay enough so those who cannot pay also enjoy the benefits. Only a few subscribers to cover the costs, but the whole world can read. That is one model of open access. India being the third largest producer of STEM publications and having aspirations of becoming a scientific superpower, it is only fair we support such initiatives as well as other existing earlier initiatives providing Green open access such as *arXiv*. [I understand that a few Indian institutions, e.g. Matscience , Chennai, do support *arXiv*, but not as many as would be commensurate with the size of our physics community and their research output.] -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009
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Subbiah Arunachalam