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Open Round Table on
DEVELOPING COUNTRY ACCESS TO ON-LINE SCIENTIFIC
PUBLISHING: Sustainable Alternatives
4-5 October 2002, Trieste, Italy
The Programme for the Enhancement of
Research Information (PERI):
an integrated response to expressed needs
Carol Priestley
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
This presentation covers:
INASP
Background
Overview of activities
PERI
Background/overview
A 4-component programme
Delivering Information
Disseminating Local Research
Enhancing ICT Skills
Strengthening Local Publishing
Features and Benefits
General
INASP: background
The International Network for the Availability of Scientific
Publications (INASP) is a programme of CDSI, ICSU
INASP established in 1992
a co-operative network of over 3000 partners
Aim: to improve world-wide access to information
and knowledge through a commitment to capacity
building in developing and transitional countries
INASP: overview of activities
Core Activities
advisory and liaison services
links & resources
Access to Information
INASP-Health Links
publications
INASP Newsletter
handbooks
manuals
INASP: overview of activities (cont’d)
Programme Activities
INASP-Health
INASP-Rural Development
Library Support Initiatives
support to professional associations
access to information & knowledge for the public
Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI)
Delivering information
Disseminating national and regional research
Enhancing ICT Skills
Strengthening local publishing
PERI: overview
Programme for the Enhancement of
Research Information
Aim:
to support capacity building in the research sector in
developing and transitional countries through
strengthening the production and dissemination of,
and access to, information & knowledge utilising new
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Key Words: Affordability, Sustainability, Capacity Building
PERI: A four component programme
i.
Delivering Information
facilitates the acquisition of international information and
knowledge
ii.
Disseminating National & Regional Research
strengthens and develops access to national and regional
journals as a medium for the dissemination of local
information and knowledge
iii.
Enhancing ICT Skills
provides awareness or training in the use and/or
evaluation of ICTs
iv.
Strengthening Local Publishing
enhances skills in the preparation, production and
management of journals
PERI Component 1:
Delivering Information
acquisition of resources (2002-2006)
current awareness resources
on-line full-text journals
document delivery
negotiation with publishers:
initially project by project, leading to institutional level,
leading to country-wide access licences
90% -100% discount
3-year licensing period from publishers
beginning to move towards country collaborative purchase or
‘consortia’ building
Current Awareness Resources
Examples include:
African Journals OnLine (AJOL)
British Library - Inside Web - indexes the ToCs of 20,000+
research journals
CAB International - CAB Abstracts, CAB HEALTH
EBSCO Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier,
Health Source Plus, ERIC, Medline
SciELO journals (Latin American bio-medical journals)
SilverPlatter abstracting & indexing databases:
FRANCIS
Pascal Biomed
Pascal SciTech
MEDLINE+
Full Text Journal Resources
Examples include:
Academic Press - 300+ journals
Blackwell Publishers - 600+ journals in Science, Technology,
Medicine, Social Sciences & Humanities
The Cochrane Library – medicine and health databases and
reviews
EBSCO Publishing 5,500+ journals in science, technology,
medicine, agriculture, social sciences and humanities + CD
ROMs; content from 200+ leading publishers
The Royal Society
Oxford University Press
Gale
other information providers joining through 2002/03 include
IoPP, Springer, Elsevier, Emerald, etc etc
Document Delivery Resources
Examples include:
British Library Document Supply Centre – provides access
to articles from over 20,000 research journals and
100,000 conference proceedings
SciELO – online journals from Latin America
African Journals Online (AJOL)
In all cases, PERI has negotiated free or highly
discounted fees for hard copy articles
PERI Component 2:
Disseminating National & Regional Research
Aims and Objectives
to enable the results of research undertaken and published to
become more widely known and accessible
to raise awareness of scholarly publications both nationally
and internationally
to strengthen the scholarly publishing sector by providing
income both through encouraging print and/or electronic
subscriptions and, in some regions, through the purchase of
single articles
to assess the impact of using the Internet to promote
awareness and use of journals
Disseminating National & Regional Research (contd)
Examples: African Journals Online (AJOL); SciELO,
LATINDEX
AJOL
• provides a web presence for online Tables of Content and
Abstracts
• links to full text where electronic full text is available
• cross-title searching
• now includes over 100 journals in:
agricultural sciences
arts, culture and literature
health and medicine
science and technology
social sciences
http://www.inasp.info/ajol/index.html
INASP has recently been invited to undertake feasibility surveys
for similar projects in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh; Armenia, Kazakhstan
& Ukraine
PERI Component 3:
Enhancing ICT Skills
Aim of this component:
To enhance awareness and training for researchers and
information staff
‘travelling’ training materials and ‘cascading’ methodology
local facilitation and in-country delivery
Africa, South East Asia, Central and South America, NIS
(former Soviet Union)
library & research sectors focus on information access and
management related issues
Internet Training:
Workshop series
1. ‘Using the Internet’
2. ‘Electronic Journals and Electronic Resources
Library Management’
3. 'Web Page Design and Authoring, leading to
Network & Library Web Pages’
4. ‘ICT Troubleshooting for Librarians’
PERI Component 4:
Strengthening Local Publishing
Aim of this component:
To assist publishers to improve their publishing skills
Publishing management workshops
Online Journal Publishing Projects
Study visits & ‘mentorships’ through partnership
e.g. African Crop Science Journal & Journal of Animal Sciences with CABI
Journal of Applied Science and Technology – Inst. of Civil Engineers
Journal of Science and Technology (Zambia) – IMechE
Journal of Social Development in Africa - RIAI
National Science & Technology Development Agency, Thailand - Royal
Swedish Academy of Sciences
Handbooks, manuals and resource packs
Challenges
Projects like PERI are beginning to make a real impact and
address many of the issues, but access is only the first step:
Infrastructural development and enhancement – urgent need
for hardware, cabling and network infrastructure
Training – real need for extensive, hands-on, high quality and
effective training
Development of Programme:
- potential to develop country portals for ease of access to
multiple resources
- adoption of common statistical reporting (project COUNTER)
- continued in-country collaboration to ensure local
empowerment
- more resources at affordable prices
‘Consortia’ formation, where practical, for future sustainability
Thank you,
questions please…
Carol Priestley, Director, INASP
27 Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1HU
http://www.inasp.info Email [email protected]
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)