INFORUM 2011

International Trends in „Open Access“ – Institutional Repositories and Their Registers

Author

Jindra Planková, Silesian University in Opava - The Institute of Computer Science, Czech Republic

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Abstract

In the early 21. st. century communication of information and access to information has undergone rapid changes. Systems of electronic publishing and some new forms of transmitting information on the Internet raise guestions about new possibilities of access to scholarly information. The paper will deal with the introduction of open access resources and provide a brief overview of the current OA sources to technical and scientific information. They characterized the most important Czech and intrernational OA sources, focusing on institutional repositories and registers.

Author's professional CV

PhDr. Jindra Planková, Ph.D. was born in Vítkov on 19th of December 1973. She graduated master’s programme in Librarianship and Information science at the Charles University in Prague. In the year 2007 passed doctorate viva voce examination and in the year 2008 finished doctoral study in Information science at Charles University in Prague. She was employed 5 years in the Central University Library of Silesian University in Opava as a special librarian. From the year 2003 was employed as an assistant at the Department of Informatics at Silesian University in Opava. She is actively engaged in electronic document delivery services, new information services, Open Access to scientific information, special information sources and services, digital library and electronic archives and repositories.