1. ICOLC 8 Vancouver, B.C. Canada Warren Holder holder@library.utoronto.ca University of Toronto Library

2. A unique North/South collaboration providing access to the “lost science”

3. Outline What is Bioline International? Goals Contents and Features Pricing Conclusion

4. What is Bioline International A unique electronic publishing collaboration Publishers in the developing countries University of Toronto Library Base de Dados Tropical, Brazil

5. Personnel Barbara Kirsop Brian Kirsop Bioline UK UT/Earth Science LibraryUT/CITD Leslie Chan William Barek Vanderlei Canhos Sidnei de Sousa Dora Canhos Canada/U of Toronto Brazil/Base de Dados Tropical Jenny Mendelsohn Warren Holder Patricia Yu

6. Goals to provide low cost access to bioscience research that has otherwise been relatively inaccessible –the “missing science ” to improve the enabling environment for research –for the publishers –for the researchers

7. Publishers / Partners Africa African Crop Science, Uganda African Journal of Neurological Sciences, Kenya Central African Journal of Medicine, Zimbabwe East African Medical Journal, Kenya Ichthyology Bulletin, South Africa Ichthyology Special Publications, South Africa Insect Science and its Application, Kenya Transactions of the Zimbabwe Scientific Association, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Science News, Zimbabwe Latin America Biotecnologia Aplicada, Cuba Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil Asia Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics, India Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, India Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, India Tropical Biodiversity, Indonesia

8. Nature and scope of journals Peer-reviewed journals Indexed in major scientific indexing and abstracting tools Some are well-established journals with international reputation Subject coverage: biomedicine, environmental sciences, biodiversity Published by small non-profit societies Expanding number of journals

9. Bioline International Features In operation since 1993 Abstracts and summaries of documents free of charge Added-value documents with links to related data Browsing and searching at all levels Gateways to other bio-bibliographic sites on the Internet Flexible access options

10. Pricing for Consortia Not for profit approximately 90% of the money returns to publishers US $2,800 base price DISCOUNT PLAN 1 - 2 - 0% 3 - 10 - 10% 11 - 20 - 20% 21 - 30 - 30% 31 - 40 - 40% 40 - - 50%

11. Conclusion Scholarly societies, libraries, and authors are partners in the scholarly communication process. With Bioline International, these groups are united by the common goal of global equity of access to scientific knowledge. URL: http://bioline.bdt.org.br Email: bioline.international@utoronto.ca