[Moderator's Note: This welcome initiative from Medlars-India provides a back-up central OAI-compliant archive for any biomedical researchers worldwide who do not yet have local OAI archives to self-archive in at their own institution. Such central back-ups mirrors and harvesters will become more numerous in the OAI-interoperable OA age -- as will, of course, the primary local institutional OAI archives that will be the main "feeders" to global OA. Local institutions are the direct primary providers of the journal article output itself, as well as the co-beneficiaries, with their own researchers, of the enhanced research impact that comes from making it OA by self-archiving it. But these central back-up archives will be a great help in hastening 100% OA. -- S.H.]
Stevan, FYI. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: <na...@hub.nic.in> To: <hif-...@who.int> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:34 PM Subject: [HIF-net at WHO] Open access archiving
Dear Friends, We at the Indian MEDLARS Centre, New Delhi are in the process of launching an Open Archive of Biomedical Literature which would have free submission of papers from India as well international papers. This archive would be launched by end January 2005 or beginning of February 2005. We have developed and tested the prototype using EPrints software (developed by Southampton University). MeSH vocabulary terms have been incorporated into this (broad terms only). Once launched, this archive would definitely improve access to health information in developing countries. Our Centre also has a database of Indian biomedical journals (bibliographic) with full-text of 27 journals. This serves as a very important access point to Indian literature. The database is available at http://indmed.nic.in Naina Pandita [HIF-net at WHO profile: Naina Pandita is Technical Director of the Indian MEDLARS Centre, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi,India. She is interested in health/biomedical information especially digital resources and open access initiatives. The centre has developed a bibliographic database of peer reviewed Indian biomedical journals (IndMED) which is accessible free of cost from our site <http://indmed.nic.in>. <na...@hub.nic.in>] [Note from moderator. The message above is a response to a HIF-net message (Health information for all by 2015? 21) on 18 November 2004, from Subbiah Arunachalam, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, India; Leslie Chan, University of Toronto, Bioline International, Canada; Barbara Kirsop, Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK; and F. O. Okonofua, Editor, African Journal of Reproductive Health, Nigeria.] ___________________________________________ 'HIF-net at WHO': working together to improve access to reliable information for healthcare providers in developing and transitional countries. Send list messages to <hif-...@who.int>. To join the list, send an email to <hea...@inasp.info> with name, organization, country, and brief description of professional interests.
