tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28761246433839982762024-03-13T05:52:14.214-07:00Welcome to Indian IDR WorldBLOG ON INDIAN INSTITUTIONAL DIGITAL REPOSITORYWelcome to ZIA's Library Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09808082967564411514noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876124643383998276.post-37204285459253489012010-04-08T06:05:00.000-07:002010-04-08T06:06:36.611-07:00Institutional RepositoriesIn the recent years much discussions and initiatives are taken in the area of open access. Open<br />access, a philosophy facilitates availability and distribution of scholarly communication freely,<br />as a means to solve the problem of inaccessibility primarily due to financial constraint<br />particularly in the context of developing countries. Many scholarly literature are freely<br />accessible now without any hindrance. Open access endeavours to reduce barriers to scholarly<br />communication. The open access literature available in various forms like open access archives,<br />institutional repositories, open access journals and off late open courseware. The availability of<br />open source software has accelerated this development. In India, various open access initiatives<br />have been undertaken and are operational. Some more are in developmental stage.Welcome to ZIA's Library Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09808082967564411514noreply@blogger.com2