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035 _a(Sirsi) i2843873193
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_hfre
060 _aQ 223 2005AN
100 1 _aAndré, Francis
245 1 0 _aOpen access to knowledge =
_bLibre accès aux savoirs /
_cFrancis André; traduit du français par = translated from the French by Marie-Catherine Gunet ; traduction révisée par = translation revised by Chris Turner.
246 3 0 _aLibre accès aux savoirs
260 _aParis, France :
_bFuturibles,
_c2005
300 _a72 p.
440 0 _aPerspectives
520 _aIf open-source software has shown the importance of skill sharing, it is part of a broader issue: the progress of thought, and therefore of science, depends primarily on the freedom to communicate and exchange ideas. Thus the importance of the international initiative in favour of open access to scientific works that challenges a commercial publishing system where some publishers can claim a quasi-monopoly. Francis André is a major player of this movement of utmost importance for Southern countries and ultimately for the overall global development of innovation.
546 _aeng
650 0 2 _aScience.
650 0 2 _aPublishing.
650 0 2 _aKnowledge.
596 _a4
942 _2NLM
_cMONOGRAPH
999 _c29928
_d29928