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Open Access Status Report on behalf of Indian National Science Academy

Open Access Status Report on behalf of Indian National Science Academy. Krishan Lal National Physical Laboratory New Delhi.

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Open Access Status Report on behalf of Indian National Science Academy

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  1. Open Access Status Reporton behalf of Indian National Science Academy Krishan Lal National Physical Laboratory New Delhi Presentation during Berlin 2 Open Access: Steps Towards Implementation of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to knowledge in Sciences and Humanities, CERN Geneva, 12 May 2004

  2. Indian National Science Academy • Apex body of Indian scientists working in all sectors of science and technology • Promotes scientific knowledge in India including its practical applications for national welfare • Coordinates among Scientific Academies, Societies, Institutions, Government Scientific Departments and Services • Acts as a body of scientists of eminence for the promotion and safeguarding of the interests of scientists in India and to present internationally the scientific work done in the country • Promotes and maintains liaison between Science and Humanities

  3. Indian National Science Academy • Present Fellowship of the Academy: • Fellows 744 covering all disciplines of science • Foreign Fellows 91 • INSA is the adhering body in India to the International Council for Science and its various affiliated Unions/Committees/Commissions, etc • INSA has scientist exchange programmes with a large number of Academies and similar bodies in different countries • Academy collaborates with other academies and similar bodies of the world to focus on important issues facing the world like Population

  4. Indian Seminars and Workshops on Open Access • Two Workshops organized by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore on Open Access Journals March 2002 • INSA Seminar on Open Access to Scientific Data and Information, 27 December 2003, NCL Pune • Workshops on Open Access by M S Swaminathan Foundation, Chennai, 2-4 and 6-8 May 2004

  5. Phenomenal Growth of Science • Democracy of intellect • Free sharing of scientific data and information through scientific journals • Evaluation of scientists and institutions emphasizes on publications in high impact factor (expensive) journals • Today most universities find difficult to subscribe to important science journals

  6. S & T a Key Element in Development Strategy • Governments utilize S&T to solve societal problems of • Food • Healthcare • Environmental protection • Governments need data for planning and implementing welfare schemes • R&D projects supported by public funds also generate new data and knowledge • Open access becomes an important issue

  7. Open Access to Data and Information • Scientific data and knowledge are potential tools for wealth generation. These create conflicting interests. • Laws are being enacted or existing laws are being widened, deepened and redefined to more rigorously the Intellectual Property and neighbouring rights. • These situations limit the public domain and there is an encroachment of the traditional scientific domain and free availability of data.

  8. INSA Seminar on Open Access to Scientific Data and Information • Main Issues • IPR issues: global demands, societal concerns and legal angles • Open Access: Global perspective • Global Exchange of Meteorological Data: issues and solutions • Bioinformatics: commercialization of data bases, quality assurance issues • Quality of Data • Digital Storage, Publications (journals) and Dissemination: digital libraries, journals, and constraints in developing economies

  9. INSA Seminar on Open Access to Scientific Data and Information • Dr. Krishan Lal:Welcome and background to the Seminar highlighting some of the recent international initiatives. • Prof M.S. Valiathan:Remarks on Key Issues in Open Access • Dr. R.A. Mashelkar:Inaugural Lecture on Scientific Data & Information: The Developing World Perspective on Access and IP Protection. • Professor Shuichi Iwata: Basics of Open Access of Scientific Data • Dr. R.R. Kelkar:Access to Meteorological Data

  10. INSA Seminar on Open Access to Scientific Data and Information • Prof. N. Balakrishnan:Digital Library - A million books to the web - Technological Challenges and the Concept of 4C - Consortium for Compensating for Creating Contents. • Prof. A.S. Kolaskar:Future Trends in Bioinformatics - Open Access • Prof. R. Kochhar:Collation of Data • Dr. D.K. Sahu:Open Access in Medical Science: An Indian Perspective • Dr. S. Arunachalam:Open Access and Increasing Visibility for Developing Country Science. Participation: About 150 persons, majority of them were INSA Fellows

  11. INSA Seminar Some Highlights • There is a global system of free sharing of meteorological data among national meteorology services- introduced in 1970s • However, weather information is vital for several military operations and therefore these services are under Ministries of Defense in several countries

  12. INSA Seminar Some Highlights • Several reputed International organizations have issued statements on free sharing data in the field of environmental science. These include: • ICSU, IGBP, GCOS, SWCC, SCOSTEP, ISSC, URSI, WOCE, WMO, WDC, IOC, OECD, UNCED..

  13. INSA Seminar Some Highlights • Technology Driven Vision for the Universal Digital Library • A mission to digitize 1 Million Books and make them freely available • To be a leading and contributing partner to world wide efforts in making knowledge free • In the Digital Economy- Companies that give more and more software free capitalize more

  14. INSA Seminar Some Highlights • Issues Regarding Databases • Up-to-date-ness • Accuracy • Structure of Databases-granularity and open-ended-ness • Disappearance

  15. INSA Seminar on Open Access to Scientific Data and Information • Issues that could not be covered • Open Access: perspective of the Government (Department of Science and Technology) • A Major Area of Conflicting Scientific, Strategic and Economic Interests: Geo science and engineering

  16. Other Important International Initiatives • World Summit on Information Society, Geneva 2003, Geneva in 2005 • Symposium organized by five well known international bodies, ICS (ICSU), UNESCO, The US National Academies, CODATA and ICSTI, held at UNESCO premises, March 2003 • Discussion on wide ranging topics in view of WSIS

  17. Right to Information Initiative of Some Socially Active Organizations • A law had been passed by Rajasthan Legislative Assembly granting free access to information on development projects • To improve transparency leading to higher efficiency and lower corruption level Rajasthan

  18. Thank You

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