With apologies for cross-posting
INASP to join CrossRef linking initiative
Oxford, UK December 19, 2006.
INASP are delighted to announce that agreement has been
reached
with CrossRef, the multi-publisher linking association, to
include journals from developing countries within their
linking
network.
This partnership greatly contributes to the INASP mission to
enable worldwide access to information, and our work with
publishers in developing and transitional countries to
improve
the quality and visibility of their publications.
At this time journals participating in the Nepal, Vietnam
and
Bangladesh Online programmes will be included, plus the
journals
that comprise the African Journals OnLine collection
(www.ajol.info).
Pippa Smart, INASP's Head of Publishing Initiatives stated
"For
journals that are largely invisible to most of the
scientific
community the importance of linking cannot be overstressed.
We
are therefore delighted to be working with CrossRef to
promote
discovery of journals published in the less developed
countries.
We believe that an integrated discovery mechanism which
includes
journals from all parts of the world is vital to global
research
- not only benefiting the editors and publishers with whom
we
work."
Ed Pentz, CrossRef's Executive Director, commented,
"For some
time CrossRef has been exploring how it could partner with
publishers and journal publishing initiatives in regions of
the
world where scholarship and publishing are less accessible.
We
believe offering CrossRef's services on an affordable basis
to
qualified publishers in these regions and interlinking them
with
the global research literature will help raise the
visibility of
these journals and contribute to their success."
INASP
The International Network for the Availability of Scientific
Publications is a UK registered educational charity. Its
vision
is that all people are able to access and contribute
information,
ideas and knowledge necessary to drive sustainable and
equitable
development; and a mission to enable worldwide access to
information and knowledge with particular emphasis on the
needs
of developing and transitional countries. To implement this,
INASP works with partners around the world to encourage the
creation and production of information, to promote
sustainable
and equitable access to information, to foster collaboration
and
networking, and to strengthen local capacities to manage and
use
information and knowledge. For more information on INASP
please
see www.inasp.info or send an email to inasp inasp.info
CrossRef
CrossRef is a non-profit membership association, founded and
directed by publishers. Its mission is to improve access to
published scholarship through collaborative technologies.
CrossRef operates a cross-publisher citation linking system,
and
is an official DOI (Digital Object Identifier) registration
agency. The names of actual companies and products mentioned
herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. See
www.crossref.org
CONTACT: Sioux Cumming, scumminginasp.info
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CHRISTMAS BREAK: I will be on holiday through the Christmas
period - from
Friday 23 December, returning to work on Monday 8 January.
Pippa Smart (Mrs)
Head, Publishing Initiatives
International Network for the Availability of Scientific
Information (INASP)
Email: psmartinasp.info
Web: www.inasp.info
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INASP is a registered charity: No. 1106349
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