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Blackwell Publishing press release
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Peter Suber
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Sep 06, 2001 14:55 PDT
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[This is not yet apparently on the web. Thanks to Catherine Fisher for
forwarding it to me. --Peter]
September 4th 2001
For immediate release
Opening Access to Research in Africa
We are delighted to announce a major step forward in ongoing efforts to
open access to current primary research literature in the developing world.
Blackwell Publishing, working closely with 500 learned societies and the
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
(INASP), will provide reduced rate online access to 600 leading
peer-reviewed journals in, initially, six countries in sub-Saharan
Africa. The funding is provided by partnerships between INASP, development
programmes such as ENRECA (Danida) and Sida:SAREC and the universities, so
that access to the journal content is free for the participating libraries
and researchers.
Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda will all benefit in
the first instance. Researchers, students, lecturers, librarians and
medical professionals within non-commercial organizations in these
countries will have online access to Blackwell Publishing's journals. Many
of these are published on behalf of scholarly societies and include key
titles in medicine, science, technology, social science and the humanities.
This initiative recognises the vital role that information and knowledge
play in development. Individuals will be able to read and contribute to
the advancement of research and use the knowledge gained to find local
solutions to health, housing, education and employment issues.
As Bob Campbell, President of Blackwell Publishing has said, "We hope that
researchers and professionals within these African nations will truly
benefit from access to the papers within the journals we publish. In many
cases these journals are published on behalf of societies; we should also
acknowledge their support of this initiative. We're delighted to be
working with INASP on this and look forward to expanding journal readership
in the region in the near future."
This marks the completion of the first phase of the Programme for the
Enhancement of Research Information (PERI), a four-component programme
coordinated by INASP aimed at supporting production, access and
dissemination of international and national and regional research within
and between developing and transitional countries. More information can
be found at www.inasp.org.uk
For more information, contact:
Emily Gillingham Email:
emily.gi-@blacksci.co.uk
Online Journals Marketing Manager Tel: +44 (0) 1865 206410
Blackwell Publishing Fax: +44 (0) 1865
206219
Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0EL, UK Web: www.blackwell-synergy.com
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>[This is not yet apparently on the
web. Thanks to Catherine Fisher for forwarding it to me.
--Peter]<br><br>
September 4th 2001<br>
For immediate release<br><br>
Opening Access to Research in Africa<br><br>
We are delighted to announce a major step forward in ongoing efforts to
open access to current primary research literature in the developing
world. <br><br>
Blackwell Publishing, working closely with 500 learned societies and the
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
(INASP), will provide reduced rate online access to 600 leading
peer-reviewed journals in, initially, six countries in sub-Saharan
Africa. The funding is provided by partnerships between INASP,
development programmes such as ENRECA (Danida) and Sida:SAREC and the
universities, so that access to the journal content is free for the
participating libraries and researchers.<br><br>
Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda will all benefit
in the first instance. Researchers, students, lecturers, librarians
and medical professionals within non-commercial organizations in these
countries will have online access to Blackwell Publishing’s
journals. Many of these are published on behalf of scholarly
societies and include key titles in medicine, science, technology, social
science and the humanities. <br><br>
This initiative recognises the vital role that information and knowledge
play in development. Individuals will be able to read and
contribute to the advancement of research and use the knowledge gained to
find local solutions to health, housing, education and employment
issues.<br><br>
As Bob Campbell, President of Blackwell Publishing has said, “We hope
that researchers and professionals within these African nations will
truly benefit from access to the papers within the journals we
publish. In many cases these journals are published on behalf of
societies; we should also acknowledge their support of this
initiative. We’re delighted to be working with INASP on this and
look forward to expanding journal readership in the region in the near
future.”<br><br>
This marks the completion of the first phase of the Programme for the
Enhancement of Research Information (PERI), a four-component programme
coordinated by INASP aimed at supporting production, access and
dissemination of international and national and regional research within
and between developing and transitional countries. More
information can be found at
<a href="http://www.inasp.org.uk/" eudora="autourl">www.inasp.org.uk</a><br><br>
For more information, contact:<br><br>
Emily
Gillingham
Email: emily.gi-@blacksci.co.uk<br>
Online Journals Marketing
Manager
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 206410<br>
Blackwell
Publishing
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 206219<br>
Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0EL,
UK Web:
<a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/" eudora="autourl">www.blackwell-synergy.com<br>
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