May 19, 2015 Access to scientific information in Cambodia Phnom Penh 8 August 2011 Anders Wändahl

May 19, 2015 About me Anders Wändahl Librarian Affiliated with Karolinska Institutet, ISP, INFORM-Certiorem, EMS-CDC

May 19, 2015 Purpose Information on how to find scientific materials effectively & efficiently in Cambodia

May 19, 2015 Target groups Researchers in developing countries. Several access programmes – use them or loose them! Any researcher – spread the word about the existence of these resources! Generally speaking, underusage is a bigger problem than lack of access!

May 19, 2015 Content? Bibliographic databases Preprints/e-prints/postprints (arXiv). Journals; Open Access, Retroactive Digitization, Subsidized Access, Document Delivery…

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New opportunities through e-resources The researchers have a much better access to scientific literature Lower price (< 5% of list price) Access to backfiles National access common

New problems through e- resources e-resources demands: electricity internet connection (bandwidth) local network computers skills to use the e-resources

The importance of reference databases Not second class researchers! Try to find the ”right” references! Try (at all expense?) to find the papers! tabases_and_search_engineshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_da tabases_and_search_engines

Open access DOAJ – only scientific journals, several languagesDOAJ Open J-gate – different types of journals – more titles than DOAJ. Only metadata searchable.Open J-gate

Preprints ArXiv – mathematics, physics, computer science.ArXiv SSRN (Social Science Research Network) – economy, law, management.SSRN E-LIS – E-prints in Library and Information ScienceE-LIS RePEc – Research Papers in EconomicsRePEc OAIster – Union catalogue of various repositoriesOAIster

Special programmes for low-income countries A number of different programmes in different subjects and content types, and for different target groups Global Continental Bilateral

Open Access + ”subscribed” journals

Special programmes for LiCs continued Three UN-financed programmes HINARI - medicine OARE - environment AGORA - agriculture

Special programmes for LiCs continued Common rules for all three programmes: Institutions in countries with a low GNP can register for free access. Hard to find journals (i.e. Elsevier) Good training materials

Special programmes for LiCs continued HINARI – Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative Health – but also other subjects such as biology, chemistry, economics, evironment, mathematics, physics, social sciences etc journals (400+ books)

Special programmes for LiCs continued

Good training materials:

Special programmes for LiCs continued Connection between HINARI and PubMed

Special programmes for LiCs continued OARE – Online Access to Research in the Environment Environment – but also other subjects such as biosciences, geology, geography, etc. ~ 4100 journals (200+ books)

Special programmes for LiCs continued Database access through OARE: Environment Index (EBSCO) Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (CSA)

Special programmes for LiCs continued Environment Index (via OARE)

Special programmes for LiCs continued Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (via OARE)

Special programmes for LiCs continued AGORA – Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture Agriculture – but also other subjects such as environment, food production, biology, chemistry, etc. ~ 2300 journals

Special programmes for LiCs continued CAB Abstracts database available where you will find approx 80% of the content in AGORA.

May 19, 2015 Developing Nations Access Initiative : JSTOR waives its standard participation fees (the Archive Capital Fee and Annual Access Fee) for any not-for-profit institution in selected developing countries [including Cambodia] for 2009, 2010, and 2011, with a modest contribution after = $ = $ = $500

Consortia A sustainable solution is to create (national) consortia for access to scientific materials. Two organizations that help institutions to create consortia are INASP eIFL

Consortia continued INASPINASP – International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications. Mainly developing countries.

Consortia continued eIFLeIFL – Electronic Information for Libraries Low- and middle-income and countries.

Consortia continued Cambodian Electronic Information for Libraries Consortium (Cam-EIFL) Resources Hin Heu -

Document delivery POPLINE (reproductive health) eJDS (mathematics/physics) Bordeaux thèque (mathematics/computer science) British Library Direct

Education of researchers and librarians Access to resources is not enough. Underusage is a bigger problem than lack of access. The potential users must know: –That the resources exists –How to find them –How to use them

Education of researchers and librarians continued Organizations engaged in education and training of researchers and librarians.

Education of researchers and librarians continued ITOCAITOCA - Information training and outreach centre for Africa Training on HINARI, OARE, AGORA and TEEAL.

How to move forward… Register for HINARI, OARE, AGORA (free) Contact Hin Heu -

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May 19, 2015 Don’t give up!