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A number of open access initiatives were adopted by various organisations and agencies around the world. A brief timeline of such initiatives have been mentioned below:
Budapest Open Access Initiative launched by Open Society Institute, 2002
Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2003.
Directory of Open Access Journals, 2003
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing, 2003
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities , 2003
The Public Domain of Digital Research Data , 2004
IFLA Statement on Open Access to Scholarly Literature and Research Documentation, 2004
Scottish Declaration of Open Access, 2004
Vienna Declaration: 10 Theses on Freedom of Information, 2005
The Salvador Declaration on Open Access: The Developing World Perspective, 2005
National Open Access Policy for Developing Countries, 2006
IFLA/UNESCO Internet Manifesto Guidelines, 2006
Principles And Guidelines For Access To Research Data From Public Funding, (OECD) 2006
Declaration on Access to Research Data From Public Funding, (OECD) 2006
Brussels Declaration on STM Publishing, 2007
Public Domain Dedication & Licence, 2008
Kigali Declaration on the Development of an Equitable Information Society in Africa, 2009
OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe), 2010
Open Access Journal Bibliography, 2010
Bibliography on Citation Impact, 2010
Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship 2010
DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books), 2012
IS4OA (Infrastructure Services for Open Access), 2012
BOAI10 Recommendations, 2012
SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics), 2014
Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science & Technology Open Access Policy for access to DBT and DST Funder Research, Government of India, December, 2014.
Re3data.org (Registry of Research Data Repositories), 2015
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Dr. Priya Rai
Deputy Librarian and Head
Justice T.P.S. Chawla Library
National Law Univeristy Delhi
Dr. Akash Singh
Assistant Librarian (Selection Grade AL-12)
Justice T.P.S. Chawla Library
National Law University Delhi
Dr. Priya Rai
Deputy Librarian and Head
Justice T.P.S. Chawla Library
National Law Univeristy Delhi
Dr. Akash Singh
Assistant Librarian (Selection Grade AL-12)
Justice T.P.S. Chawla Library
National Law University Delhi