UNESCO to make its publications available free of charge as part of a new Open Access policy
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The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has announced that it is making available to the public free of charge its digital publications and data. This comes after UNESCO has adopted an Open Access Policy, becoming the first agency within the United Nations to do so.
The new policy implies that anyone can freely download, translate , adapt, and distribute UNESCO’s publications and data. The policy also states that from July 2013, hundreds of downloadable digital UNESCO publications will be available to users through a new Open Access Repository with a multilingual interface. The policy seeks also to apply retroactively to works that have been published.
There’s a treasure trove of information for mapping, say against the New York Times historical archives.
If presidential libraries weren’t concerned with helping former administration officials avoid accountability, digitizing presidential libraries for complete access, would be another great treasure trove.
[…] In May of 2013 UNESCO announced its Open Access policy. […]
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