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FULL ACCESS TO ONLINE JOURNALS AND DATABASES IN AFRICA
Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI)
First phase completed
The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
(INASP) is pleased to announce the completion of the first phase of the
Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI). This is an
important programme aimed at the wider access and dissemination of
scientific and scholarly information and knowledge with and between
developing and transitional countries.
Researchers, academics, librarians and those working in professions in
Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda are now invited to access current awareness
databases, full-text online journals and document delivery at no cost to
themselves. This recognises the vital role that information can play in
development.
To ensure efficient and effective implementation of the Programme, the
country-wide access licenses will be extended in a staged manner. In the
first instance, members of universities and research institutions in Ghana,
Tanzania and Uganda can forward their names, affiliations and full contact
details to INASP in exchange for full details about accessing the content.
This offer will be extended to Malawi and Mozambique in the next month, and to a wider range of countries in Africa, Asia and Central America by the end
of 2001.
Since September 2000, INASP has been successfully negotiating for the
provision of information resources to areas that most need them, yet can
least afford them.
Developed in collaboration with researchers and librarians in the regions,
and with the support of development programmes such as ENRECA (Danida) and
Sida:SAREC, the Programme presently provides access to over 5000 full-text journals in science, technology, medicine, social science and the humanities
from Academic Press, Blackwell Science, Blackwell Publishers, EBSCO Publishing, Mary Ann Liebert and Munksgaard; databases from SilverPlatter
and document delivery through the British Library.
In addition to the provision of international publications, PERI also works
to strengthen and disseminate journals that come out of developing
countries, in the first instance through subscriptions to and document
delivery from scholarly journals published in Africa. Other PERI components
respond to training needs, both for librarians and researchers on the most
effective ways of using the internet; and for journal editors and publishers
so that they can upgrade their skills and also explore the options available
to them in on-line publishing.
For more information, contact:
Carol Priestley, Director, INASP
E-mail: inasp@gn.apc.org
Web site: www.inasp.org.uk/peri/
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