International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) Open Round Table on DEVELOPING COUNTRY ACCESS TO ON-LINE SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING: Sustainable Alternatives 4-5 October 2002, Trieste, Italy The Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI): an integrated response to expressed needs Carol Priestley

This presentation covers:  INASP  Background  Overview of activities  PERI  Background/overview  A 4-component programme  Delivering Information  Disseminating Local Research  Enhancing ICT Skills  Strengthening Local Publishing  Features and Benefits  General

INASP: background  The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) is a programme of CDSI, ICSU  INASP established in 1992  a co-operative network of over 3000 partners Aim: to improve world-wide access to information and knowledge through a commitment to capacity building in developing and transitional countries

INASP: overview of activities Core Activities  advisory and liaison services  links & resources Access to Information INASP-Health Links  publications INASP Newsletter handbooks manuals

INASP: overview of activities (cont’d) Programme Activities  INASP-Health  INASP-Rural Development  Library Support Initiatives support to professional associations access to information & knowledge for the public  Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI)  Delivering information  Disseminating national and regional research  Enhancing ICT Skills  Strengthening local publishing

PERI: overview Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information Aim: to support capacity building in the research sector in developing and transitional countries through strengthening the production and dissemination of, and access to, information & knowledge utilising new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Key Words: Affordability, Sustainability, Capacity Building

PERI: A four component programme i.Delivering Information facilitates the acquisition of international information and knowledge ii.Disseminating National & Regional Research strengthens and develops access to national and regional journals as a medium for the dissemination of local information and knowledge iii.Enhancing ICT Skills provides awareness or training in the use and/or evaluation of ICTs iv.Strengthening Local Publishing enhances skills in the preparation, production and management of journals

PERI Component 1: Delivering Information  acquisition of resources ( ) current awareness resources on-line full-text journals document delivery  negotiation with publishers:  initially project by project, leading to institutional level, leading to country-wide access licences  90% -100% discount  3-year licensing period from publishers  beginning to move towards country collaborative purchase or ‘consortia’ building

Current Awareness Resources Examples include:  African Journals OnLine (AJOL)  British Library - Inside Web - indexes the ToCs of 20,000+ research journals  CAB International - CAB Abstracts, CAB HEALTH  EBSCO Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Health Source Plus, ERIC, Medline  SciELO journals (Latin American bio-medical journals)  SilverPlatter abstracting & indexing databases:  FRANCIS  Pascal Biomed  Pascal SciTech  MEDLINE+

Full Text Journal Resources Examples include:  Academic Press journals  Blackwell Publishers journals in Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences & Humanities  The Cochrane Library – medicine and health databases and reviews  EBSCO Publishing 5,500+ journals in science, technology, medicine, agriculture, social sciences and humanities + CD ROMs; content from 200+ leading publishers  The Royal Society  Oxford University Press  Gale  other information providers joining through 2002/03 include IoPP, Springer, Elsevier, Emerald, etc etc

Document Delivery Resources Examples include:  British Library Document Supply Centre – provides access to articles from over 20,000 research journals and 100,000 conference proceedings  SciELO – online journals from Latin America  African Journals Online (AJOL) In all cases, PERI has negotiated free or highly discounted fees for hard copy articles

PERI Component 2: Disseminating National & Regional Research Aims and Objectives  to enable the results of research undertaken and published to become more widely known and accessible  to raise awareness of scholarly publications both nationally and internationally  to strengthen the scholarly publishing sector by providing income both through encouraging print and/or electronic subscriptions and, in some regions, through the purchase of single articles  to assess the impact of using the Internet to promote awareness and use of journals

Disseminating National & Regional Research (contd) Examples: African Journals Online (AJOL); SciELO, LATINDEX AJOL provides a web presence for online Tables of Content and Abstracts links to full text where electronic full text is available cross-title searching now includes over 100 journals in: agricultural sciences arts, culture and literature health and medicine science and technology social sciences INASP has recently been invited to undertake feasibility surveys for similar projects in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh; Armenia, Kazakhstan & Ukraine

PERI Component 3: Enhancing ICT Skills Aim of this component: To enhance awareness and training for researchers and information staff  ‘travelling’ training materials and ‘cascading’ methodology  local facilitation and in-country delivery  Africa, South East Asia, Central and South America, NIS (former Soviet Union)  library & research sectors focus on information access and management related issues

Internet Training: Workshop series 1.‘Using the Internet’ 2.‘Electronic Journals and Electronic Resources Library Management’ 3.'Web Page Design and Authoring, leading to Network & Library Web Pages’ 4.‘ICT Troubleshooting for Librarians’

PERI Component 4: Strengthening Local Publishing Aim of this component: To assist publishers to improve their publishing skills Publishing management workshops Online Journal Publishing Projects Study visits & ‘mentorships’ through partnership e.g. African Crop Science Journal & Journal of Animal Sciences with CABI Journal of Applied Science and Technology – Inst. of Civil Engineers Journal of Science and Technology (Zambia) – IMechE Journal of Social Development in Africa - RIAI National Science & Technology Development Agency, Thailand - Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Handbooks, manuals and resource packs

Challenges Projects like PERI are beginning to make a real impact and address many of the issues, but access is only the first step :  Infrastructural development and enhancement – urgent need for hardware, cabling and network infrastructure  Training – real need for extensive, hands-on, high quality and effective training  Development of Programme: - potential to develop country portals for ease of access to multiple resources - adoption of common statistical reporting (project COUNTER) - continued in-country collaboration to ensure local empowerment - more resources at affordable prices  ‘Consortia’ formation, where practical, for future sustainability

Thank you, questions please… Carol Priestley, Director, INASP 27 Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1HU International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)