Plan S in Latin America: A Precautionary Note
Author(s) -
Humberto Debat,
Dominique Babini
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
scholarly and research communication
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1923-0702
DOI - 10.22230/src.2020v11n1a347
Subject(s) - latin americans , political science , mandate , publishing , free access , plan (archaeology) , humanities , library science , law , geography , art , computer science , world wide web , archaeology
Background Latin America has historically led a vital and open access movement and leads the worldwide region with the adoption of wider open access practices. Argentina has expressed its commitment to join Plan S, an initiative from a European consortium of research funders with a mandate to promote the open access publishing of scientific outputs. Analysis This opinion article suggests that the potential adhesion of Argentina or other Latin American nations to Plan S ignores the reality and tradition of Latin American open access publishing. Conclusion and implications Plan S must demonstrate that it will encourage at a regional and global level the advancement of non-commercial open access initiatives. Latin America should invest and promote open nonprofit scholarly-led infrastructures, allowing the academy to regain control of scholarly communications. Keywords Plan S; Latin America; Open access publishingContexte Historiquement, l’Amerique latine a ete un chef de file dans le mouvement pour fournir un acces aux communications savantes qui soit vital et ouvert. Aujourd’hui, ce continent demeure un leader mondial en adoptant des pratiques de libre acces qui sont plus englobantes. L’Argentine, notamment, a manifeste son engagement pour se joindre au Plan S, lequel est l’oeuvre d’un collectif de bailleurs de fonds europeens dont le mandat est de promouvoir l’edition de recherches scientifiques a libre acces. Analyse Cet article d’opinion suggere que l’adhesion potentielle au Plan S par l’Argentine ou d’autres pays latino-americains ignore la realite et l’histoire de l’edition a libre acces latino-americaine. Conclusion et implications Le Plan S doit demontrer qu’il encouragera des initiatives non-commerciales envers le libre acces a un niveau regional et mondial. L’Amerique latine doit investir dans des infrastructures sans but lucratif qui soient ouvertes et menees par des universitaires, de maniere a permettre a ceux-ci de reprendre le controle sur les communications savantes. Mots cles Plan S; Amerique latine; Edition a libre acces
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