Electronic Publishing Trust for Development

1. Electronic Publishing Trust for Development Trustees Judy Ugonna, British Council - Acting Chair Leslie Chan, CITD/Bioline International, Toronto Vanderlei Canhos, BDT, Brazil Virginia Cano, Edinburgh University Margaret Ling, Zimbabwe Intl. Book Fair Fran Giaquinto, BioDiversity Ltd. Tony / O’Donnell, Newcastle University Sec/Treasurer BE and BH Kirsop

2. Electronic Publishing Trust for Development The distribution of research results is fundamental to the progress of science. But what is happening in developing countries?

3. Electronic Publishing Trust for Development The scientific community in developing countries has two problems: The N to S knowledge gap The S to N knowledge gap

4. Electronic Publishing Trust for Development The N to S problem According to ARL Libraries experience: - costs of serials have risen by ~15%/year - projected to rise by ~1800% by year 2020 How does this affect developing country libraries?

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6. Electronic Publishing Trust for Development The S to N problem Publishers face: High printing costs High distribution costs Leading to: Low distribution levels Difficulty in obtaining submissions Difficulty in maintaining regularity

7. Electronic Publishing Trust for Development Problems for scientists Scientists face difficulties in publishing in mainstream Western journals Local journals have poor distribution levels Consequences Research largely unknown and unacknowledged Feeling of professional isolation

8. Electronic Publishing Trust for Development “The invisibility to which mainstream publishing condemns most third world research thwarts the efforts of poor countries to strengthen their indigenous science journals, and with them the quality of research, in regions that most need them.” Richard Horton, Editor The Lancet, 1996

9. Electronic Publishing Trust for Development EPT is a UK registered charitable trust (No. 1059867) The aims of the Trust are to: - facilitate the global electronic distribution of scientific journals published in developing countries - support capacity building in e-publishing through training - support access to knowledge available electronically

11. Bioline International  Biotecnologia Aplicada Sociedad Iberolatinoamericana de Biotecnologia About this journal Volume 17, No.1, 2000 Volume 16, No. 4, 1999 Volume 16, No. 3, 1999 Volume 16, No. 2, 1999 .........

12. Bioline International Biotecnologia Aplicada Sociedad Iberolatinoamericana de Biotecnologia Aplicada a la Salud Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin.. Estudio Cinetico De Las Reacciones De Aceptor ...... High dose alpha-interferon treatment in amylo ..... Modificacion del gen de la esporamina de boniato ... Production of Hepatitus B Surface Antigen ..... ......... .........

13. Bioline International Biotecnologia Aplicada Biotechnologia Aplicada 1996; Vol. 13, No. 4. Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-Endotoxin Genes in Transgenic Plants Code Number: BA96101 ABSTRACT The cloning and expression of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-edotoxin genes in transgenic plants have been used with the objective of protecting crops from insect attack. The increased expression of the insecticidal cry genes in plants has been .... ...........

14. Bioline International DBGET Search Result Database: EMBL-today Latest EMBL release plus cumulative daily updates keyword(s): cry thuringiensis (Total 127 hits) 1. embu:AFO76953 [AFO76953] Bacillus thuringiensis ... 2. emb:A21879 [A21879] hybrid sequence HD1/HD73 #5.... 3. emb:A21880 [A21880] hybrid sequence HD1/HD73 #45... 4. emb:A21881 [A21881] hybrid sequence HD1/HD73 #3.... .......... DBGET Database Links

15. Bioline International ID S68149 standard; DNA; PRO; 480 BP. AC S68149: NI g545188 DT 27-SEP-1994 (Rel 41, Created) DE cryIVB=insecticidal crystal protein [promoter]Bacillus.. ... RX MEDLINE 94131292 ..... SQ Sequence 480 BP; 182 A; 43 C; 87 G; 168 T; O Other ataaccacta acgatatgta tggaaaatta ttttgaagtg aaaaaatatg ...... aatggaataa ttatattggt acagaaatat gattgggatt agtgagtcta ..... ........... DBGET Database Links

20. Electronic Publishing Trust for Development Can electronic publishing help? It can hugely increase visibility The technology is cheap It is easy to learn Global visibility leads to partnerships Ends feeling of professional isolation (contacts, scientific partnerships etc) Scientists become enthusiastic to publish in local journals Overall strengthening of the science base .................. Upward spiral, gap begins to close

21. Electronic Publishing Trust for Development What is needed now? Continuing infrastructure support Raising awareness of benefits Training/ ‘Starter packs’ Partnerships with existing initiatives Awareness of (and involvement in) other international initiatives (Santa Fe Open Archive Standards, LANL e-print archives, Cogprints, PubMedCentral/E-Biomed, HighWire, SciELO, SPARC ......)

24. CONTACT INFORMATION The EPT wishes to collaborate with other partners that support its aims. http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bioline/ ept@biostrat.demon.co.uk