1. Shanghai International Library Forum 20061 The impact of new technology on the publishing, provision and use of journals in languages other than English Ian Johnson

2. Shanghai International Library Forum 20062 OVERVIEW  The role of information in development  Information and LIS development in Latin America  Limitations of printed journal publishing in Latin America  Electronic publishing in Latin America  Indexing and abstracting services  Provision and use

3. Shanghai International Library Forum 20063 THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION CHAIN New products and services Creativity through ideas Research and publication Society benefits Company success

4. Shanghai International Library Forum 20064 INFORMATION AND LIS DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA  Importance of information flow for development  Limited dissemination of reports of local advances  Linguistic isolation from international reports of advances  Weak research culture  Few quality LIS journals

5. Shanghai International Library Forum 20065 SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING IN LATIN AMERICA  “Commercial” publication  Weak infrastructure  Irregular publication  Poor distribution  Limited visibility  Subsidised publication  No incentive for  Quality control  Improved distribution  Limited visibility

6. Shanghai International Library Forum 20066 RESEARCH AND RECOGNITION  Researcher’s goals  Readership: exposure and quality of audience  Impact  Prestige  Reward

7. Shanghai International Library Forum 20067 DILEMMA FOR RESEARCHERS IN NON-ENGLISH- SPEAKING COUNTRIES  Publish in English or  E-publish full-text in original language or  Linguistic isolation

8. Shanghai International Library Forum 20068 RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT  Problems of LIS human resource development in Latin America  Limited availability of high quality journals

9. Shanghai International Library Forum 20069 ALFA  América Latina Formación Académica  Academic links  3+ Universities in Latin America  3+ Universities in European Union

10. Shanghai International Library Forum 200610  REVISTAS – REd VIrtual Sobre Todas las AmericaS  ‘JOURNALS – a virtual network across the Americas’

11. Shanghai International Library Forum 200611 ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING IN LATIN AMERICA  Growth of the Internet and PC availability  Continued pattern of institutional subsidy  Institutional repositories  Electronic journals  Sponsors and aggregators  SciELO  RedALyC  Growing investment by commercial publishers  Grupo Oceano  EBSCOHost, Thomson Learning, Dialnet, ProQuest

12. Shanghai International Library Forum 200612 INTERNATIONAL ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING SERVICES  Inadequate coverage in generalist, international indexes  OCLC  SciELO  Clase  Periodica

13. Shanghai International Library Forum 200613 LATIN AMERICAN LIS JOURNALS AND INDEXES  LIS Journals in Spanish and Portuguese  277+ originating in Latin America  54+ others  70+ web sites  35+ full text online  Failure to maintain national indexing services  INFOBILA  c. 200 journals and newsletters  128 in Spanish or Portuguese  c. 60 current LIS journals from Latin America

14. Shanghai International Library Forum 200614 THE WAY AHEAD?  Sustainability of Open Publishing  Regular funding not guaranteed  Issues of quality control not all resolved  Author support uncertain  Access improving  Institutional repositories  Aggregators

15. Shanghai International Library Forum 200615 FUTURE COMMERCIAL JOURNAL PUBLISHING  Growth of commercial e-journal services  Challenges  Acceptable subscription charges and impact on income and speed of development  Availability of journal sets for digitisation

16. Shanghai International Library Forum 200616 PROVISION AND USE  Linguistic barriers remain

17. Shanghai International Library Forum 200617 Thank you for your attention http://www.rgu.ac.uk/abshttp://www.rgu.ac.uk/abs