Open Science Directory: Search tool for open access journals in special programmes for developing countries

The Open Science Directory has been developed by EBSCO and the Hasselt University Library based upon a request by marine information management experts collaborating within the framework of the IOC's (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO) IODE (International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange) programme.

Goal:

• To create a global search tool for all open access and special programs journal titles.
• To enhance the access of these collections by creating direct links to the journals and their articlesincluded in this A-to-Z-list.
• All information about the included journal collections is available at the websites of the included projects. These websites are directly accessible from the Open Science Directory.
• The Open Science Directory will not replace these programs. Also the different programs have their own regulations and eligibility conditions. As a interested user, you or your institute will have to register on their sites if you want to make use of special programs like HINARI, AGORA, INASP-PERI, OARE, eIFL and eJDS.

Target groups:

• Institutes (universities, research units, ...) and their researchers in developing countries.
• Every organization and researcher interested in these collections.

Content:

• About 13000 scientific journals are now available in the 'Open Science Directory'. When all the special program journals will be included, the Open Science Directory will contain more than 20000 titles.
• Open Science Directory contains collections of Open Access Journals (full - partly) and journals in the special programs (Hinari, Agora). Other programs will be added in the near future: OARE, INASP-PERI, eIFL, eJDS.
  

Open Acces Journals: The most important collections are:

• The Directory of Open Access Journals covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are about 3000 in the directory (Dec 1, 2007). DOAJ is developed by the Lund University Libraries.
• BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. BioMed Central contains 184 journals (Dec 1, 2007). Many are citation-tracked and already have Impact Factors.
• A division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press hosts a large repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, with 1079 journals and 4,552,400 full text articles from over 130 scholarly publishers. HighWire-hosted publishers have collectively made 1,823,449 articles free. You will find the journals in the Open Science Directory with the embargo information included.
• PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

Journals in special programs:

• HINARI: The Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) together with major publishers provides free or very low cost online access to the major journals in biomedical and related social sciences to local, not-for-profit institutions in developing countries. Over 3750 journal titles are now available to health institutions in 113 countries.
• AGORA: The AGORA program, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA provides a collection of 1132 journals to institutions in 107 countries.
• OARE: Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of environmental science research. Over 1,300 peer reviewed titles owned and published by over 340 prestigious publishing houses and scholarly societies are now available in more than 100 low income countries.

Not available yet in the Open Science Directory: in negotiation

• INASP-PERI: PERI is a programme to support capacity building in the research sector in developing and emerging countries by strengthening the production, access and dissemination of information & knowledge. The programme comprises five components: 1: Delivers information (Access to journals and research content). 2: Strengthens national research publications. 3: Enhances ICT skills. 4: Supports country collaboration and networking. 5: Research and development. This project already includes: over 20,000 full text online journals, many of the world's leading citation, bibliographic and reference databases, document delivery from over 20,000 research journals, CD-ROM (or DVD) format can be provided where they are available.
• eJDS: The electronic Journals Delivery Service (eJDS) is a prototype programme geared to facilitate the access to current scientific literature free of cost in the fields of Physics and Mathematics. The goal is to distribute individual scientific articles via e-mail to scientists in institutions in Developing Countries who do not have access to sufficient bandwidth to download material from the Internet in a timely manner and/or cannot afford the connection. The eJDS was made possible through agreements with several important scientific publishing companies and societies who provide access to their journals for free in the fields of Physics and Mathematics.

• Finally, even if it was impossible to add an eIFL collection to the Open Science Directory, it is still a relevant program for institutes in search of support for access to scientific literature. eIFL.net is a not for profit organisation that supports and advocates for the wide availability of electronic resources by library users in transitional and developing countries. Its core activities are negotiating affordable subscriptions on a multi-country consortial basis, supporting national library consortia and maintaining a global knowledge sharing and capacity building network in related areas, such as open access publishing, intellectual property rights, open source software for libraries and the creation of institutional repositories of local content. eIFL.net currently offers 6 core programs to the consortia in its network:1. Negotiating affordable access to commercially available e-resources; 2. Supporting the creation of sustainable national library consortia; 3. Open access publishing and the building of institutional repositories of local content; 4. Intellectual property rights and libraries; 5. Free and open source software (FOSS) for libraries; 6. Knowledge sharing and networking.

Visit the Open Science Directory
http://www.opensciencedirectory.net/

Lorna Small 1934-2008, Information Professional of St. Vincent and the Grenadines

It is with great saddness that we inform all Acurileans that Mrs. Lorna N. Small, former Director of Library Services and first Archivist at National Archives of St Vincent & the Grenadines has passed away. As indicated by Yulu Griffith Klein , circumstances surrounding her death are difficult to say.

She leaves an outstanding contribution to the development of library services in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and the establishment of the National Archives in 1990, where she served as Archivist until 1996.

May the peace of the Lord be with her.

We thank Cheryl Sylvester for letting us know.
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Es con suma tristeza que le informamos, a todos los acurileños, la muerte de la Sra. Lorna N. Small, pasada Directora de los Servicios Bibliotecarios y primera Archivista de los Archivos Nacionales de St. Vincent y las Grenadinas. Como comenta Yulu Griffith Klein en su correo, las circunstancias que rodean su deceso son dificiles de describir.

Ella deja una contribución destacada para el desarrollo de los servicios bibliotecarios en St. Vincent y las Grenadinas, y para el establecimiento del Archivo Nacional en el 1990, donde se desempeñó como Archivista hasta el 1996.

Que la paz del Señor esté con ella.

Gracias a Cheryl Sylvester por dejarnos saber.

CiberNotas-ACURIL- CyberNotes 04.25.2008

ACURIL XXXVIII Conference and Hotel Registration

Information regarding registration to the Conference appears in http://www.nlj.org.jm/acuril/registration_ACURIL.htm

The Rose Hall Resort and Country Club registration form appears in
https://reservations.ihotelier.com/crs/g_reservation.cfm?groupID=43513&hotelID=6573

Reservations can be made online.

For additional information, kidlly refer to :
http://acuril.uprrp.edu

ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA General Information

LETTER OF INVITATION

If you need an invitation letter, kindly send the details to: jamlibs3@yahoo.com and we will deliver the letter by post
or e-mail.

ACCOMMODATION

A block of rooms has been secured at the conference hotel, the Rose Hall Resort & Country Club, just outside of Montego Bay.

The following rates per room per night, and which include, Breakfast and Lunch offered in Resort restaurants, and not including specialty items in the gourmet restaurants, will be honoured:

Single Rate US$180

Double Rate US$210

Triple Rate US$291

These room rates do not include additional 24% taxes, resort tariff and gratuities.

Please Note: Hotel Rates include breakfast and lunch only

All attendees are responsible for their own charges. A deposit of two (2) nights room and tax will be charged by credit card debit upon reservation. The direct phone number to the Reservations Department of the Rose Hall Resort & Country Club is 1-866-831-1313. Reservations can also be made by calling 1-977-597-9696. You must identify yourself as part of the ACURIL to receive the Group Rate.

Reservation: https://reservations.ihotelier.com/crs/g_reservation.cfm?groupID=43513&hotelID=6573

TRANSPORTATION TO HOTEL FROM AIRPORT

All attendees are advised to arrive and depart from the Sangster International Airport (MBJ). Sangster International Airport is ideally located on the northcoast of the island, and is within easy driving distance of the Rose Hall Resort & Country Club, Montego Bay and Ocho Rios as well as the popular tourist town of Negril.

Jamaica Tours Limited (JTL) charges $24 net per person, roundtrip, (airport porterage not included, from the Sangster International Airport.. Upon request, the Rose Hall Resort & Country Club will coordinate roundtrip airport transfers to/from the Sangster International Airport through JTL.

The Norman Manley International Airport near Kingston is a four-hour drive away from the Montego Bay area.

A Departure tax (which may be collected at the time of the ticket sale) of J$1,000 is payable for international travellers.

VISA, PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS

United States citizens and nationals of the United Kingdom must have a valid passport. No visa is required.

Canadian citizens must have a valid passport or any documents that establish nationality and identify will be accepted.

Commonwealth citizens and CARICOM nationals must have a valid passport, but do not require a visa.

All visitors must have an onward ticket or return ticket to their country of permanent residence.

Travellers are advised to check their entry requirements with their embassy or consulate.

CURRENCY AND BANKING

Jamaica is well supplied with ATMs, banks and bureaux de change.

Banking hours are usually Monday to Thursday 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. and Friday, 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Cambio exchange offices open later than banks. Retain receipts as proof of legal currency exchange. Exchange bureaux at the airport and hotels also offer currency exchange facilities.

Major credit cards and Travellers’ cheques are widely accepted. Both cash and travellers’ cheques are best taken in US dollars.

JAMAICA BASICS

Time: Local time is GMT –5 hours.

Electricity: Electrical current is 110 volts, 50 Hz. Flat two- and three-pin plugs are in use.

Language: The official language is English, but a local patois is also spoken.

Health: Medical facilities are of a reasonable standard. No vaccination certificates are needed for entry into Jamaica, but yellow fever certificates are required from travellers coming from an infected area.

Safety: As in most metropolitan cities, visitors should be alert, not resist in the event of attempted robbery, and avoid walking alone at night or in isolated areas.

Tipping: Outside the all-inclusive resorts, where tips are part of the package, visitors should tip 10 – 15% for taxis, personal services, room-service and restaurants where a service charge is not already included in the bill. Parking attendants, bellboys and porters also expect a tip. US$1 per bag is customary.

Customs: Contrary to popular beliefs, possession of and smoking of ganga is illegal.

Communications: The international access code for Jamaica is +1, in common with the United States, Canada and most of the Caribbean, followed by 876. Direct international telephone services are available, and operators can also facilitate calls.

The local mobile phone operators use various networks, including GSM, which is compatible with most international networks.

Internet access is available from most hotels and parish libraries.

See websites:

http://www.nlj.org.jm/acuril/ACURIL08.htm

http://acuril.uprrp.edu

ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA Preliminary Program Brief Notes

ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA
ROSE HALL RESORT AND COUNTRY CLUB
MONTEGO BAY

E-Librarian: Ideas, Innovation and Inspiration
E-Bibliotecario: Ideas, Innovación e Inspiración
E-Bibliothécaire: Idées, Innovation et Inspiration

http://www.nlj.org.jm/acuril/ACURIL08.htm
http://acuril.uprrp.edu

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM – BRIEF NOTES

SATURDAY 31ST MAY 2008

8:30AM – 9:25AM
Registration – Pre-Conference Workshops

9:30AM – 4:30PM
Pre-Conference Workshops

Ride the New Wave – Web 2.0: Interacting with your users in the digital world.
Nicholas Cop, President, Nicholas Cop Consulting.

Organizing Business Records
Sonia Black, Campus Records Manager, UWI, Mona, Jamaica and Joanne Georges, Campus Records Manager, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad.

Developing Information Literacy Skills and Programmes
Satellite activity co-ordinated by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations (Unesco), Information for All Programme (IFAP), University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Library and Information Studies and University of the West Indies Library, Mona, Jamaica

SUNDAY 1ST June 2008

8:30AM – 9:25AM
Registration – Pre-Conference Workshops

9:00AM - 4:00PM
Pre-Conference Workshops

Ride the New Wave – Web 2.0: Interacting with your users in the digital world.
Nicholas Cop, President, Nicholas Cop Consulting.

Organizing Business Records
Sonia Black, Campus Records Manager, UWI, Mona, Jamaica and Joanne Georges, Campus Records Manager, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad.

10:00AM – 4:00PM
Registration – 38TH Annual ACURIL Conference

8:30AM – 1:00PM
Executive Council Meeting

2:00PM – 4:00PM
II OCLC Caribbean Users Meeting
Mr. Antonio Jose Alba, Regional Manager, The Caribbean and Central America

3:00PM – 4:00PM
Resolutions Committee Meeting
Meeting of Moderators & Rapporteurs with Rapporteur General

4:30PM – 5:30PM
Meeting of Vice President with Chairpersons of Special Interest & Content Area Groups
Orientation of New Members and First Time Attendees

7:000PM – 10:00PM
Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception

MONDAY 2ND JUNE 2008

9:00AM – 10:30AM
BALLROOM: Stephen Abram, President, Special Libraries Association and Vice President of Innovation, SirsiDynix

COFFEE BREAK 10:30PM – 11:00PM

11:00AM – 12:30PM
BALLROOM: Sharing Privacy and Trust in a Networked World, Cathy De Rosa, OCLC

ROOM 1: Panel Discussion: The Internet, Social Networking and Information Literacy, Fay Durrant, Cherrell Shelley-Robinson, Mark Shane Scale and Barbara Gordon, Department of Library and Information Studies, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

ROOM 2: To be confirmed

ROOM 3: To be confirmed

ROOM 4: To be confirmed

LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM

2:00PM – 3:30PM
BALLROOM Academic Libraries & Information Technologies SIGs

ROOM 1: National and Public Libraries SIG

ROOM 2: School Libraries

ROOM 3: Special Libraries

ROOM 4: Research in the Information Field SIG

ROOM 5: Archives and Records Management

ROOM 6: Student’s Roundtable

COFFEE BREAK 3:30PM – 4:00PM

4:00PM – 5:00PM
BALLROOM: To be confirmed

ROOM 1: Workshop - Library 2.0, Cliff Landis, Valdosta State University, USA

ROOM 2: Workshop - Usability Testing: A User-Centered Approach to Improve Electronic Resource Design, Brooke Wooldridge and Marilyn Ochoa dLOC

ROOM 3: Workshop – Blogs and Wikis Basics for ACURIL’s Learning Communities and Communities of Practice, Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, University of Puerto Rico

ROOM 4: Mars and Venus for Information Professionals: are your stakeholders hearing the message you intended to send, Barbie Keiser, Barbie E. Keiser Inc.


5:00PM – 5:30PM TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION UPDATES

ROOM 1: To be announced

ROOM 2: To be announced

ROOM 3: To be announced

ROOM 4: To be announced

7:00PM
Social Activity - Manager’s Reception

TUESDAY 3RD JUNE 2008

POSTER PRESENTATIONS – ALL DAY

8:00AM – 9:00AM
Conference Room: Meeting of Past Presidents

9:00AM – 10:30AM
BALLROOM: Oh! Information Work in the Read/Write Age, Rachel Singer Gordon, Information Today

COFFEE BREAK 10:30PM – 11:00PM

11:00AM – 12:30PM
BALLROOM: Developing a Culture Conducive to E-Library Development-Challenges and Issues from a Bahamian Perspective, Elsie Bain and Berthamae Walker, College of the Bahamas

ROOM 1: E-librarian: Redefining the roles and challenges in academic libraries in the Caribbean, Dorothy Palmer, UWI (Mona, Jamaica).

ROOM 2: Marketing Your Social Software, Karen Schneider, Florida State University, Florida, USA

ROOM 3: eBooks for eService – A Tool for Libraries to Stay Relevant, Pauline Nicholas and Thelma White, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

ROOM 4: The e-environment: Changing the face of Libraries, A Case Study of the Calvin McKain Library, Audrey Saddler, UTECH, Jamaica

LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM

2:00PM – 3:30PM
BALLROOM Health and Medicine Content Area Group

ROOM 1: Agriculture Content Area Group

ROOM 2: Knowledge Management Content Area Group

ROOM 3: IFLA/FAIFFE Workshop

ROOM 4: Law Content Area Group

ROOM 5: Organization and the Retrieval of Knowledge Content Area Group

COFFEE BREAK 3:30PM – 4:00PM

4:00PM – 5:00PM
BALLROOM: Writing for Publication, Rachel Singer-Gordon, Information Today

ROOM 1: Web2.0 Integrated SWETS Wise, SWETS

ROOM 2: Podcasting, Master Students, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies, University of Puerto Rico

ROOM 3: IFLA/FAIFFE Workshop

ROOM 4: Handling Information Overload with Productivity Tools, Cliff Landis, Valdosta State University, USA

5:00PM – 5:30PM TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION UPDATES
ROOM 1: To be announced

ROOM 2: To be announced

ROOM 3: To be announced

ROOM 4: To be announced


7:00PM – 10:00PM
“We Lilkle But We Tallawah” – an experience true Jamaican Culture

WEDNESDAY 4TH JUNE 2008

POSTER PRESENTATIONS – ALL DAY

9:00AM – 10:30AM

BALLROOM: E-librarian Evolution: Practical and Successful Approaches to Learning Web 2.0 Carrie Gits, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA

COFFEE BREAK 10:30PM – 11:00PM

11:00AM – 12:30PM
BALLROOM: Panel Discussion: Copyright and the E-Environment

ROOM 1: To be confirmed

ROOM 2: Information Literacy through E-Learning: a case study of OPAC Training to undergraduate students at the UWI, Mona, Verna George and Karlene Robinson, Mona Information Literacy Unit, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

ROOM 3: Information Literacy as the Driving Engine for Economic Success, Barbie Keiser, Barbie E. Keiser Inc.

ROOM 4: Combating Plagiarism: Beyond Information Literacy Skills Instruction, Myrtle Harris, School of Education, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM

(DLIS ALUMINI LUNCHEON MEETING)

2:00PM – 3:30PM
BALLROOM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY I

ROOM 3: IFLA/FAIFFE Workshop


COFFEE BREAK 3:30PM – 4:00PM

4:00PM – 5:00PM
BALLROOM: Strategies for developing, delivering and sustaining e-resources and e-library services to people unable to read print in the Caribbean, Winsome Hudson, National Library of Jamaica and Rosemary Kavanagh, ERK Consulting Inc.

ROOM 1: Synchronous states: a live demonstration of synchronous technologies in an e-environment, John Fracasso and Catherine Johnson, University of Western Ontario

ROOM 2: Workshop - Creating Your Own Learning 2.0 Based Program – The Fundamentals, Carrie Gits, Nova Southeastern University, Florida

ROOM 3: Open-Source Digitization Toolkit, Mark Sullivan, University of Florida, USA

ROOM 4: Successfully Automate Your Library in 10 Easy Steps – The Experience of the University of Trinidad & Tobago, Dave Stephens, COMPanion Corporation and Diana Madoo, University of Trinidad and Tobago

5:00PM – 5:30PM TECHONOLOGY UPDATES

ROOM 1: To be announced

ROOM 2: To be announced

ROOM 3: To be announced

ROOM 4: To be announced

7:00 – 9:00PM
Governor General’s Reception

THURDAY 5TH JUNE 2008

POSTER PRESENTATIONS – ALL DAY

9:00AM – 10:30AM
BALLROOM: Innovation Begins with “I’, Tony Tallent, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

COFFEE BREAK 10:30PM – 11:00PM

11:00AM – 12:30PM
BALLROOM: Libraries: Innovative and Inspiring, Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer, Delft Public Library, Netherlands

ROOM 1: Exploring Virtual Reference: a new horizon for Caribbean Libraries, Kumaree Ramtahal, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Devika Ramsingh, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, Trinidad

ROOM 2: Energize your Catalogue: the Aquabrowser Experience of Northern Caribbean University Grace Carr-Benjamin, Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica and Luis Cabrera, RR Bowker

ROOM 3: E-Challenges and Initiatives at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Libraries, Arlene Dolabaille and Mariella Pilgrim, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad

ROOM 4: The Changing Face of Serials Collections: the case of the University of the West Indies Library, Mona, Evadne McLean, Margarette Pearce, Judith Rao and Joan Vacianna, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM

2:00PM – 3:00PM
BALLROOM Academic Libraries & Information Technologies SIGs – Business Meeting

ROOM 1: National and Public Libraries SIG – Business Meeting

ROOM 2: School Libraries – Business Meeting

ROOM 3: Special Libraries – Business Meeting

ROOM 4: Research in the Information Field SIG – Business Meeting

ROOM 5: Archives and Records Management – Business Meeting

ROOM 6: Student’s Roundtable – Business Meeting


4:00PM – 5:00PM

BALLROOM: FREE AFTERNOON

ROOM 1: FREE AFTERNOON

ROOM 2: FREE AFTERNOON

ROOM 3: FREE AFTERNOON

ROOM 4: FREE AFTERNOON

FRIDAY 6TH JUNE 2008

9:00AM – 10:30AM
BALLROOM: OPEN FORUM – 3 Ts -Technology, Trends and Tips for Survival

COFFEE BREAK 10:30PM – 11:00PM

11:00AM – 12:30PM
BALLROOM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY II

ROOM 1: FREE

ROOM 2: FREE

ROOM 3: FREE

ROOM 4: FREE

LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM

2:00PM – 3:30PM
BALLROOM: Preserving the national audiovisual heritage: AVIN, AVIDA and the Bennett/Coverley Collection of the National Library of Jamaica, Frances Salmon, UWI, Mona, Jamaica and Maureen Webster-Prince, National Library of Jamaica, Jamaica

ROOM 1: Ask a Librarian, Juan A. López, Citrus Ridge County Library, Florida, USA

ROOM 2: Examining Patron Behaviour: Maximising the Use of Electronic Resources at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Myrna Douglas and Maureen Kerr Campbell, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

ROOM 3: Putting the e in Oral History: Creating and Accessing Oral Histories at the University of South Florida Libraries, Mark I. Greenberg and Richard R. Bernardy Jr., University of South Florida Libraries, Florida, USA (Paper and Workshop)

ROOM 4: Workshop - CDS/ISIS for Libraries

COFFEE BREAK 3:30PM – 4:00PM


4:00PM – 5:00PM TECHONOLOGY UPDATES

ROOM 1: To be announced

ROOM 2: To be announced

ROOM 3: To be announced

ROOM 4: To be announced

7:30PM – 11:30PM

Closing Ceremony, ACURILEAN Evening of Awards and Banquet