Re: Communication flow in agricultural research

[Mary Ochs <mao4@cornell.edu>]

There are a number of projects underway to improve access to the
agricultural research literature in the developing countries.  TEEAL (The
Essential Electronic Agricultural Library) http://www.teeal.org offers
low-cost access to 140 of the major agricultural journals on CD-ROM.  FAO
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) is working with
libraries and publishing bodies throughout the developing countries to
increase online availability of agricultural publications.  As Ann Okerson
mentioned, other initiatives are in the development stage and will
hopefully be announced soon on this list.

Mary Ochs
TEEAL Project Director

>Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:34:48 -0500 (EST)
>From: Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>
>To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
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>Subject: Re: Communication flow in agricultural research
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>I know this is not quite what you had in mind, but please do have a look
>at TEEAL:
>
>TEEAL -- The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library:
>http://teeal.cornell.edu/
>
>See also the Developing Nations Initiatives site of the LIBLICENSE web
>site, for other related activities, at:
>
>www.library.yale.edu/~llicense
>
>I believe that the FAO is soon to establish a program to share peer
>reviewed journals with developing nations, along the lines of WHO's HINARI
>project.  We should hear news of that initiative soon... If anyone on this
>list knows more about it, do please share the information.
>
>Sincerely, Ann Okerson