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Should India pay for academic journal access?
What is this initiative all about? ONOS will allow national access to academic research and journals publishing scientific papers free of charge starting next year. To coordinate free access, India is setting up a central agency, the Information and Library Network, or INFLIBNET, under the University Grants Commission. It will cover more than 6,300 institutions with over 18 million students, the Centre said. All state and central higher education institutions are covered, besides central government R&D labs. India’s Anusandhan National Research Foundation, or ANRF, is to manage the scheme, and review how many Indians are published. What can academics access ... Read more