Other Information Access Programmes

Other organisations are working to ensure that researchers in the developing and emerging countries have access to informaiton. Initiatives include the following:

AGORA : Free or low-cost access to major scientific journals in agriculture and related biological, environmental and social sciences for public academic institutions in developing countries.

Bioline International: A not-for-profit scholarly publishing cooperative committed to providing open access to quality research journals published in developing countries. These journals contain timely research on public health, international development, tropical medicine, food and nutritional security and biodiversity that would not otherwise be readily available to researchers in the developed world, or even within the country of publication. Bioline is not a publisher, but an aggregator that provides a free platform for journals who wish to participate in the global open access movement.

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and languages.

eIFL: eIFL.net is an independent foundation that strives to lead, negotiate, support and advocate for the wide availability of electronic resources by library users in transition and developing countries. Its main focus is on negotiating affordable subscriptions on a multi-country consortial basis, while supporting the enhancement of emerging national library consortia in member countries.

HINARI Phase 1: The HINARI programme, set up by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. Over 3750 journal titles are now available to health institutions in 113 countries, benefiting many thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improved world health.

OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment): OARE is an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers, to enable developing countries to gain free access to one of the world's largest collections of environmental science literature. Over 1000 scientific journal titles are now available in 70 low income countries. Another 36 countries will be added by 2008.

TEEAL: The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) offers full-text access to 150+ of the world's most important journals in agricultural sciences. TEEAL's off-line collection provides critical access to an array of subjects including microbiology, natural resources, veterinary medicine, food science and nutrition, and plant breeding. Produced in cooperation with publishers and donors for over 10 years, TEEAL is a valuable, permanent addition to any research or academic institution. TEEAL is available to eligible institutions in 112 countries worldwide. Please visit www.teeal.org for more information, including a complete journal list and contact information.