Access to scientific information in Cambodia Phnom Penh 8 August 2011

1. Access to scientific informationin CambodiaPhnom Penh8 August 2011 Anders Wändahl

2. About me Anders Wändahl anders@golonka.se Librarian Affiliated with Karolinska Institutet, ISP, INFORM-Certiorem, EMS-CDC

3. Purpose Information on how to find scientific materials effectively & efficiently in Cambodia

4. Target groups • Researchers in developing countries. Several access programmes – use them or loose them! • Any researcher – spread the word about the existence of these resources! • Generally speaking, underusage is a bigger problem than lack of access!

5. Bibliographic databases Preprints/e-prints/postprints (arXiv). Journals; Open Access, Retroactive Digitization, Subsidized Access, Document Delivery… Content?

6. Wiki http://acdcwiki.net/

7. New opportunities through e-resources The researchers have a much better access to scientific literature Lower price (< 5% of list price) Access to backfiles National access common

8. New problems through e-resources e-resources demands: electricity internet connection (bandwidth) local network computers skills to use the e-resources

9. The importance of reference databases Not second class researchers! Try to find the ”right” references! Try (at all expense?) to find the papers! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines

10. Open access DOAJ – only scientific journals, several languages Open J-gate – different types of journals – more titles than DOAJ. Only metadata searchable.

11. Preprints ArXiv – mathematics, physics, computer science. SSRN (Social Science Research Network) – economy, law, management. E-LIS – E-prints in Library and Information Science RePEc – Research Papers in Economics OAIster – Union catalogue of various repositories

12. Special programmes for low-income countries A number of different programmes in different subjects and content types, and for different target groups • Global • Continental • Bilateral

13. http://www.opensciencedirectory.net/ Open Access + ”subscribed” journals

14. Special programmes for LiCscontinued Three UN-financed programmes • HINARI - medicine • OARE - environment • AGORA - agriculture

15. Special programmes for LiCs continued Common rules for all three programmes: • Institutions in countries with a low GNP can register for free access. • Hard to find journals (i.e. Elsevier) • Good training materials

16. Special programmes for LiCs continued HINARI – Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative Health – but also other subjects such as biology, chemistry, economics, evironment, mathematics, physics, social sciences etc. 8300+ journals (400+ books)

17. Special programmes for LiCs continued

18. Special programmes for LiCs continued Good training materials: http://www.who.int/hinari/training/en/index.html

19. Special programmes for LiCs continued Connection between HINARI and PubMed http://www.who.int/hinari/training/en/index.html

20. Special programmes for LiCs continued OARE – Online Access to Research in the Environment Environment – but also other subjects such as biosciences, geology, geography, etc. ~ 4100 journals (200+ books)

21. Special programmes for LiCs continued Database access through OARE: • Environment Index (EBSCO) • Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (CSA)

22. Special programmes for LiCs continued Environment Index (via OARE)

23. Special programmes for LiCs continued Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (via OARE)

24. Special programmes for LiCs continued AGORA – Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture Agriculture – but also other subjects such as environment, food production, biology, chemistry, etc. ~ 2300 journals

25. Special programmes for LiCs continued CAB Abstracts database available where you will find approx 80% of the content in AGORA.

26. Developing Nations Access Initiative : JSTOR waives its standard participation fees (the Archive Capital Fee and Annual Access Fee) for any not-for-profit institution in selected developing countries [including Cambodia] for 2009, 2010, and 2011, with a modest contribution after 2011. 2012 = $250 2013 = $500 2014 = $500 http://jstor.org September 16, 2014

27. Consortia A sustainable solution is to create (national) consortia for access to scientific materials. Two organizations that help institutions to create consortia are • INASP • eIFL

28. Consortiacontinued INASP – International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications. Mainly developing countries.

29. Consortiacontinued eIFL – Electronic Information for Libraries Low- and middle-income and countries.

30. Consortiacontinued Cambodian Electronic Information for Libraries Consortium (Cam-EIFL) http://www.eifl.net/country/cambodia Resources Hin Heu - hin@cdri.org.kh

31. Document delivery • POPLINE (reproductive health) http://www.popline.org/ • eJDS (mathematics/physics) http://library.ictp.it/ejds/ • Bordeauxthèque (mathematics/computer science) http://bordeauxtheque.math.u-bordeaux1.fr/ • British Library Direct

32. Education of researchers and librarians • Access to resources is not enough. • Underusage is a bigger problem than lack of access. • The potential users must know: • That the resources exists • How to find them • How to use them

33. Education of researchers and librarianscontinued Organizations engaged in education and training of researchers and librarians.

34. Education of researchers and librarianscontinued ITOCA - Information training and outreach centre for Africa Training on HINARI, OARE, AGORA and TEEAL.

35. How to move forward… • Register for HINARI, OARE, AGORA (free) • ContactHin Heu - hin@cdri.org.kh

36. Wiki http://acdcwiki.net/

37. Don’t give up! September 16, 2014