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Open Archive opportunities for developing countries

From HIF-net at WHO

The development of the international Open Archive Initiative and associated institutional e-print servers hold opportunities for the global distribution of research literature. The Electronic Publishing Trust for  Development has prepared a document to inform scientists and scholarly publishers in the developing world about these developments.

For those interested in finding out more about these developments, the document "Open Archive Opportunities for Developing Countries" may be read at http://www.epublishingtrust.org

Barbara Kirsop

['HIF-net at WHO' profile: Barbara Kirsop is Secretary of the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development and Director of Bioline Publications, both dedicated to reducing the costs of scientific data exchange and raising the visibility of peer-reviewed journals published in developing countries. By training a microbiologist, she has been involved with international microbial resource centres throughout her professional career. She was President of ICSU's World Federation for Culture Collections and has been involved in international training courses and workshops in microbiology, computer applications and electronic publishing. ept@biostrat.demon.co.uk]

'HIF-net at WHO': working together to improve access to reliable information for healthcare workers and health professionals in developing and transitional countries.

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