1. Partnerships improving access to science journals in the developing world: Nicole Joos, TEEAL Project Manager Mann Library May 2006 TEEAL, AGORA and HINARI

2. Outline:  Lack of access handicaps research efforts  Mann helps bridge divide—3 programs  Bandwidth challenges and opportunities  Training is key

3. “The strength of your academic programs is dependent upon the strength of the library”  Professor Kay Obendorf College of Human Ecology, Cornell University

4. “It is expensive to subscribe to journals. Indeed, there are some libraries where there is no budget for acquisitions. There is just enough to pay salaries.”  Professor Bamidele Fawole, Ph.D ’77 University of Ibadan, Nigeria

5.  Full-text resource  Covers agricultural and related sciences  145 journals / 68 publishers  1993 – current  $5500-7000  OFFLINE TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library)

7.  Local Area Network  115 journals  Impact study outcome  [still] OFFLINE New…LanTEEAL

8. AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture)  Portal to publishers  800 journals / 30 publishers  Covers agriculture and related sciences  FREE  Led by FAO  Mann Library key partner  ONLINE

10. HINARI (Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative)  “Sister” portal to publishers  3280 journals / 81 publishers  Covers medicine and health  FREE & $1000/yr (Phase II)  Led by WHO  Yale University key partner  ONLINE

11. Who is eligible? The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. © WHO 2004. All rights reserved

12. HINARI / AGORA Public-Private Partnership  Publishers  FAO & WHO  Cornell & Yale  TEEAL Africa Office and others  National Library of Medicine and CABI

13. Bandwidth challenges…Africa  Slow connections Source: ATICS Survey 2004 of 83 Tertiary Education Institutions

14. Bandwidth challenges…Africa  High cost Source: ATICS Survey 2004

16. Potential for Increase Access Growing Available content provides incentive for improved access

17. Training and Outreach: A key program component

18. Marrakech booth

19. Programs’ objectives  Better research  Updated curriculum  Improved policy  Connections to international scientific community  Reduced "publishing gap" & improved locally-produced journals  ULTIMATELY--Improve food security and health

21. TEEAL www.teeal.org AGORA www.aginternetwork.org HINARI www.who.int/hinari