This year marks the 15th Anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), a landmark meeting convened in Budapest by the Open Society Foundations (OSF) that aimed to accelerate progress in the international effort to make research articles in all academic fields freely available. The participants issued a widely circulated declaration (subsequently signed by more than 5,000 organizations and individuals) that beautifully articulated the goals of the Open Access movement.
The BOAI declaration has since become widely recognised for establishing the definition of open access, and for articulating specific strategies to promote its adoption. To commemorate this anniversary, an international working group was convened to take stock of progress made to date, and to recommend updates to the BOAI strategy. The results of this effort, which include a comprehensive community survey, will be released in the next few months.
To complement this effort, OA pioneer Jean-Claude Guédon authored a comprehensive article providing his perspective on the progress – as well as the stumbles – made by the open access movement over the last 15 years. This paper, titled ‘Toward the Internet of the Mind,’ provides a thoughtful analysis of the considerable challenges that still remain in achieving the full BOAI vision of Open Access, and offers insight on strategies to capitalise on new opportunities for progress.
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