1. LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO)

2.  130 research and training institutions in  19 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean  5.000 full-time researchers

4. CLACSO´s REGIONAL VIRTUAL CAMPUS  20 regional research groups (teleworking)  Regional fellowships programs (teleworking)  Regional courses (distance education)  Collaborative inf. network (databases)  Collaborative books

5. CLACSO members printed production Estimated annual printed production: 500 books 2000 periodical articles 10% is full-text in the Web  120 books and periodical articles in CLACSO´s Virtual Library  Other: in institutional websites

7. CLACSO´s COLLABORATIVE BOOKS  Selection of subjects for regional collaborative research and regional fellowhips contests  Research activity and group discussion  Editorial review of research papers  E-publishing in Virtual Library (pdf)  Printed distribution

9. WORKING FOR SUSTAINABILITY 1980-1990: academic networking for bibliographic databases (REDUC, BIREME, ALIDE, CLACSO, etc.). Regional leaders: CLADES,UNESCO, BIREME, IDRC, Red de Redes de Información de América Latina 2000: academic networking for e-publishing and e-libraries? Regional leaders: BIREME, Univ.Colima,... Grants: ICASUR?, UNESCO?

10. Overall regional needs REGIONAL RESEARCH ON E-PUBLISHING AND E- LIBRARIES  Trends / solutions review / regional needs / open standards  Grants for regional research  Seed-money for testing REGIONAL TRAINING  Leaders  Editors and librarians

11. Overall regional needs STANDARDS AND METHODOLOGIES  INDEXING / METADATA/ THESAURUS  SEARCHING TOOLS  WEBSITE MANAGEMENT  ONLINE UPDATING OF VIRTUAL LIBRARY AND DATABASES  E-COMMERCE  Small units of information  Fair revenues for all

12. Overall regional needs LEGAL ISSUES –INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATIVE INITIVATIVES –DIGITAL RIGHTS STANDARDS  Digital edition of printed documents  Born digital documents –DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

13. SUSTAINABILITY!!!!! Academic sustainability Economic sustainability