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LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO)

LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO). LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO). 130 research and training institutions in 19 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean 5.000 full-time researchers. CLACSO´s REGIONAL VIRTUAL CAMPUS.

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LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO)

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  1. LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO)

  2. LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO) • 130 research and training institutions in • 19 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean • 5.000 full-time researchers

  3. CLACSO´s REGIONAL VIRTUAL CAMPUS • 20 regional research groups (teleworking) • Regional fellowships programs (teleworking) • Regional courses (distance education) • Collaborative inf. network (databases) • Collaborative books

  4. CLACSO members printed production Estimated annual printed production: 500 books 2000 periodical articles 10% is full-text in the Web • 120 books and periodical articles in CLACSO´s Virtual Library • Other: in institutional websites

  5. CLACSO´s COLLABORATIVE BOOKS • Selection of subjects for regional collaborative research and regional fellowhips contests • Research activity and group discussion • Editorial review of research papers • E-publishing in Virtual Library (pdf) • Printed distribution

  6. WORKING FOR SUSTAINABILITY 1980-1990: academic networking for bibliographic databases (REDUC, BIREME, ALIDE, CLACSO, etc.). Regional leaders: CLADES, UNESCO, BIREME, IDRC, Red de Redes de Información de América Latina 2000: academic networking for e-publishing and e-libraries? Regional leaders: BIREME, Univ.Colima, ... Grants: ICASUR?, UNESCO?

  7. Overall regional needs REGIONAL RESEARCH ON E-PUBLISHING AND E-LIBRARIES • Trends / solutions review / regional needs / open standards • Grants for regional research • Seed-money for testing REGIONAL TRAINING • Leaders • Editors and librarians

  8. Overall regional needs STANDARDS AND METHODOLOGIES • INDEXING / METADATA/ THESAURUS • SEARCHING TOOLS • WEBSITE MANAGEMENT • ONLINE UPDATING OF VIRTUAL LIBRARY AND DATABASES • E-COMMERCE • Small units of information • Fair revenues for all

  9. Overall regional needs LEGAL ISSUES • INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATIVE INITIVATIVES • DIGITAL RIGHTS STANDARDS • Digital edition of printed documents • Born digital documents • DIGITAL RIGHTSMANAGEMENT

  10. SUSTAINABILITY!!!!! • Academic sustainability • Economic sustainability

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