Library Guides: Open Access Initiatives from/about Latin America: Selected Bibliography

Articles, ebooks, and posts on Open Access in Latin America

Nosotros amábamos tanto el Acceso Abierto (2023)
Coordinator: Jan Velterop
This book explores the origins and evolution of the open access movement from the perspective of the people who actively participated. Open access pioneers shared their experiences, successes, collaborations and visions for the future on the SciELO's 25th anniversary.
Importance of Open Science for the Global South - Perspectives from Latin America (2022)
Presentation from Dominique Babini and Pablo Vommaro, from the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)
Global Trends in Open Access: Themes from Africa, Asia and Latin America (2021)
By Siân Harris, Arianna Becerril García, Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou, Vrushali Dandawate
La comunicación científica en América Latina es abierta, colaborativa y no comercial. Desafíos para las revistas (2019)
Author: Dominique Babini, CLACSO
This article reflects on the challenges to the collaborative model of open access in Latin America.
AmeliCA before Plan S – The Latin American Initiative to develop a cooperative, non-commercial, academic led, system of scholarly communication (2019)
Authors: Eduardo Aguado-López and Arianna Becerril-Garcia. In this article, the authors discuss open access developments in Latin America and the AmeliCA initiative to develop a cooperative infrastructure for scientific communication.