OneWorld South Asia
Open Archive Initiative

OneWorld South Asia Open Archive Initiative

Content Acquisition Policy

About

OneWorld South Asia Open Archive gives access to peer-reviewed papers by authors across globe.The repository aims to:

  • reduce access barriers to research outputs on ICT for development domain.
  • provide an Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting compliant service, ensuring records are readily searchable and retrievable.
  • bring together material currently distributed through various channels.
  • provide an open access platform.
What can be uploaded to the repository?
This repository archives scholarly papers on ICT enabled development* that:
  • have been published.
  • have been published in a peer-reviewed journal or have been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
  • have copyright clearance.
Who can upload articles to the repository?

Authors of the article can directly upload the article to the repository. Third party submissions are also acceptable and in some cases you may also send your articles to us for uploading.

Copyright Information
The archive accepts published articles from the authors of the article where copyright lies with the author for online publishing. The majority of publishers support the right of authors to make their own work available online. In some cases it will be necessary to seek archiving permission directly from the publisher concerned. To check whether it will be possible to self-archive your research paper, it may be helpful to read the copyright agreement you signed when you published your paper.
All Intellectual Property Rights related responsibilities lie with the contributor of the article and not with the archive administration.
OWSA honours Open Access Declarations
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities Scottish Declaration on Open Access

*ICT enabled development Themes


ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT
  • E- Governance...
    • Governments as model/pioneer users of e-commerce (e-procurement ?)
    • ICTs and local authorities (local governance)
    • International cooperation in e-government
    • Relations with citizens and business
    • Transparency in public administration and democratic processes
  • Global Cooperation on ICTs...
    • Donor Policies on ICT
  • ICT applications for disasters and emergencies
  • CTs and Agriculture...
    • Access to information on agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, forestry and food
    • Accesses to agriculture market information
    • Improving production (quantity and quality)
  • ICTs and Education...
    • Developing e-literacy
    • Distance learning
    • e-education
    • Eradicating illiteracy
    • ICT-based alternative educational delivery systems
    • Integration of ICTs in curriculum development, teacher training
    • Self-learning
  • ICTs and Environment...
    • Disposal and recycling of electronic waste
    • ICTs for environmental protection and use of natural resources
    • Monitoring systems for the environment
  • ICTs and Health...
    • Health care and health information systems
    • Health services in underserved areas
    • ICTs for Medical training, education and research
    • International standards for the exchange of health data
    • Monitoring and alert information systems for communicable diseases
    • Public health and prevention programmes
  • ICTs and Poverty...
    • ICTs and employment
    • New ways to organize work / developing productivity
    • Teleworking
ICT CAPACITY BUILDING
  • Capacity building for Media professionals
  • Developing e-literacy
  • Forming and training ICT Professionals
  • Forming and training information professionals
  • Forming and training local authorities
  • Gender issues in capacity building
  • Regional and international cooperation in capacity building
  • Training local communities and indigenous groups
  • Training professionals
  • Training special groups
  • Training the young
LOCAL CONTENT
  • Community media
  • Cultural and linguistic policies
  • Digital repositories for the world heritage
  • Internationalized domain names
  • Production and promotion of local content, including by indigenous people
  • Protection of traditional knowledge
  • RnD for cultural and linguistic diversity
  • Role of libraries, archives, museums and cultural institutions
  • Software in local languages
  • Translation and adaptation
ICT POLICY ISSUES
  • E-commerce
  • Fostering entrepreneurship, innovation and investment
  • Intellectual property in the Information Society
  • Interoperability standards
  • Interoperability standards for global e-commerce
  • Legal and regulatory environment
  • Management of internet resources
  • Media legislations
  • National enabling environments for e-business
  • Radio frequency spectrum allocation
  • Universal access policies
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
  • Access to essential scientific digital data
  • Access to public official information
  • Access to scientific information
  • Digital libraries
  • Metadata standards
  • Public domain information
  • RnD on accessibility for all
  • Software models (proprietary, open-source and free)
BUILDING CONFIDENCE, TRUST AND SECURITY
  • Consumer protection
  • Dispute settlement systems
  • Electronic documents and secure online transactions
  • Prevention, detection and response to cybercrime and [misuse] [abuse] of ICTs
  • Protection of data and network integrity
  • Protection of privacy
  • Real-Time incident handling
  • Spam
ETHICAL ISSUES
  • Fight against obscenity
  • Fight against racism, xenophobia
  • Fundamental values in the Information Society
  • Prevention of abusive use of ICTs
  • Protection of childre
  • Research on ethical dimensions of ICTs
INCLUSIVE INFORMATION SOCIETY...
  • Cohesion between generations (youth, caring communities)
  • Disabled
  • Gender issues
  • Indigenous people
  • Needs of the poorest populations
  • Remote and underserved areas
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE...
  • Internet transit and interconnexion costs
  • Network infrastructure
  • Public access points
  • Regional backbones and Internet Exchange Points
  • Universal access policies
  • Unused capacities
  • Usability and affordablity of equipment and services
  • Use of traditional media
MEDIA...
  • Freedom of expression and inappropriate content
  • Gender and the Media
  • Media legislations / independence and plurality of the media
  • Partnerships for Development in the Media
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