Developing Nations Initiatives

[Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

A reminder about the LIBLICENSE Developing Nations Initiatives site at:
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/develop.shtml

In the year 2001, a number of organizations began to develop or to
publicize programs designated to bring high quality, peer-reviewed
sciences journals for free or very cheaply to developing nations.  This
site begins to identify such programs and to provide links where readers
may learn more about them.  Please visit it and please send information
about any additional initiatives known to you or that your organization
sponsors.

The site currently includes information about the following initiatives:

o American Medical Association: http://www.amapubs.com

o Association of Commonwealth Universities: Protecting the African Library
  (No URL as of 2/28/2002)

o Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress):  http://www.bepress.com

o Best of Science: http://bestofscience.free.fr/

o Bioline International: http://www.bioline.org.br/

o BioMed Central: http://www.biomedcentral.com

o eIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries): http://www.eifl.net

o eJDS - eJournals Delivery Service: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/ejournals/

o Electronic Publishing Trust for Development:
  http://www.epublishingtrust.org/

o ExtraMED Biomedical Periodicals Library:
  http://www.iwsp.org/extraMed.htm

o HighWire Press:  http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/devecon.dtl

o HINARI: see under World Health Organization below.

o ICSU-UNESCO: http://bestofscience.free.fr/icsu.html

o Ideal Charter (Academic Press):
  http://www.academicpress.com/www.ideal/access/charter/aims.htm

o INASP: http://www.inasp.info

o InfoMed: http://www.cubasolidarity.net/infomed.html

o National Bureau of Economic Research: http://www.nber.org/

o New England Journal of Medicine:
  http://www.nejm.org/custserv/lowinc.asp

o Ptolemy Project:  http://www.utoronto.ca/ois/ptolemy.htm

o PubMed Central: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov

o SateLLife: http://www.healthnet.org/whatwedo.php
  http://www.healthnet.org/medpub.php

o SciDev: http://www.scidev.net

o SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online): http://www.scielo.br

o Soros/Open Society Initiative.  See the July 17, 2001 press release on
  this topic:
  http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/0107/msg00056.html

o TEEAL -- The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library:
  http://teeal.cornell.edu/

o University of Chicago Press

o Virtual Health Library:  http://www.bireme.br/bvs/I/ihome.htm
  (Latin America and the Caribbean)

o World Health Organization.  Health InterNetwork:
  http://www.healthinternetwork.net


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