India, Open Access, the Law of Karma and the Golden Rule
India, Open Access, the Law of Karma and the Golden Rule
India is peculiarly positioned to help herself while helping the entire planet as well. India needs to adopt a national OA self-archiving mandate for all of its research institutions and funders. The principle is simple, it is already embodied in India’s Law of Karma as well as in the West’s ‘Golden Rule’: ‘Self-Archive Unto Others As You Would Have Them Self-Archive Unto You’. If India sets the example, by officially adopting and implementing this rule, India’s own research access and impact will be maximised, the rest of the world will follow India’s example, and research progress worldwide will be the beneficiary.
open access, self-archiving, mandates, Institutional Repositories, research policy, India, research impact
Harnad, Stevan
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Swan, Alma
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January 2008
Harnad, Stevan
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Swan, Alma
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Harnad, Stevan and Swan, Alma
(2008)
India, Open Access, the Law of Karma and the Golden Rule.
DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology, 28 (1).
Abstract
India is peculiarly positioned to help herself while helping the entire planet as well. India needs to adopt a national OA self-archiving mandate for all of its research institutions and funders. The principle is simple, it is already embodied in India’s Law of Karma as well as in the West’s ‘Golden Rule’: ‘Self-Archive Unto Others As You Would Have Them Self-Archive Unto You’. If India sets the example, by officially adopting and implementing this rule, India’s own research access and impact will be maximised, the rest of the world will follow India’s example, and research progress worldwide will be the beneficiary.
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Published date: January 2008
Keywords:
open access, self-archiving, mandates, Institutional Repositories, research policy, India, research impact
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Web & Internet Science
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Local EPrints ID: 264432
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/264432
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Date deposited: 26 Aug 2007
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:48
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Stevan Harnad
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Alma Swan
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