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Dominique Babini CLACSO PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference, Vancouver, July 11-13, 2007

Web access to social science journals in Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean – the case of CLACSO´s network. Dominique Babini CLACSO PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference, Vancouver, July 11-13, 2007. Contents. Distribution of printed journals Opportunities for e-publishing

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Dominique Babini CLACSO PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference, Vancouver, July 11-13, 2007

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  1. Web access to social science journals in Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean – the case of CLACSO´s network Dominique Babini CLACSO PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference, Vancouver, July 11-13, 2007

  2. Contents • Distribution of printed journals • Opportunities for e-publishing • Journals in the web: research results for 168 social science journals from 17 countries of Latin America & Caribbean • Where • How • Trends and pending issues

  3. Difficulties in accessing the journals in bookstores and libraries • Reduced number of copies printed • High prices of postage • Cost of inter-library loans • Discontinuity • journals • library collections

  4. Opportunities: e-publishing and e-libraries • Online submission of documents • Online Management of Publishing • Web access to full-text • Institutional website • Journal website • Digital library • Portals

  5. Survey results 168 social science journals from 17 countries of Latin America & Caribbean

  6. 168 social science journals from 17 countries of Latin America & Caribbean • Institions publishing the journals surveyed • 62 % university journals • 38% research ngo´s / gov. journals • Journal format • 88% print and digital • 12% only digital

  7. Journals in Portals

  8. Journals in the web (168 social science journals from 17 countries of Latin America & Caribbean) • Journals also in regional journal portals: 45 % Regional portals: • CLACSO (social sciences: 400.000 downloads a month) • Redalyc (all disciplines: 2 millon downloads a month) • Scielo (all disciplines: 3 millon downloads a month) International portals: DOAJ, OJS, Unesco

  9. Example of regional journal portal CLACSO´s Journal Portal

  10. Working Group and coordination office Working group • Journal editors + librarians: text processing • Monthly news • Sharing announcements Coordinating Office • Cooperative digital library: developments and upgrades • Text processing • Statistics • Training and technical support • Decentralization

  11. Pending issues for journals in the web • All volumes • Pdf for individual articles • metadata • “how to cite this article” • search facility • Preparation for harvesting • Sustainability • Online sales (subscription + individual articles)

  12. www.clacso.org.ar/biblioteca biblioteca@clacso.edu.ar Dominique Babini Paula Sadier Flavia Medici Florencia Vergara Jessica Gonzalez

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