Anders Wändahl: Position Statement

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Access to mathematics literature for low-income country mathematicians is not as bad as it looks like at first glance, however the information is scattered among a large number of providers, websites, access methods, price models, and country- or institution-specific programmes. It’s therefore quite hard for individual researchers to see the whole picture and establish what actually is available and what is not.

  • Available mathematics resources should be easy to access and ideally found in one place
  • Access to mathematics reference databases (MathSciNet and/or Zentralblatt MATH) is crucial
  • Basic sciences should have a stronger position in low-income countries, you can't build societies on health, agriculture and environment only


Wish list
Transition from Toll Access to Open Access journals
Digitization of back-issues continues
Low-income country waivers or subsidized access from publishers (including learned societies and university presses)
Access programmes in Basic Sciences similar to HINARI, AGORA and OARE (See Access: Developing countries)
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