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Hello all,
One way to contribute is by supporting the work of Partnerships in Health Information http://omni.ac.uk/hosted/phi/
From their site
“Phi is a UK-based charity contributing to improved health care in countries with few material resources. By building partnerships between health libraries, Phi supports access to reliable health information.”
Current partnerships support health information needs in Sierra Leone, Uganda, Chechnya, Kenya and Nigeria.
Cheers
Alan
Alan Fricker
Knowledge & Library Service Manager
Knowledge & Library Service
Newham University Hospital NHS Trust
Glen Road
Plaistow
London
E13 8SL
Tel: 020 7363 8016
Fax: 020 7363 8087
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From: Chartered Library and
Information Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wood, Emma
Sent: 02 June 2005 15:07
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Africa, the Fight
against AIDS, HIV and us
Hi Jackie,
this is a really interesting point. Maybe we could help the circulation of information by raising awareness of, for example, publishing in Open Access journals and the like. I know a lot of authors are keen to be seen to publish in the most prestigious titles but in doing so they are inevitably restricting potential readership if Copyright/Subscription costs are high.
I don't think authors are often very aware of the implications of handing over all rights to their work to publishers and the fact it may mean they can't just send copies of their articles to anyone who requests them.
emma
emma wood
Scientific Information Services
Information Services
Merck Sharp and Dohme
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From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of JACKIE FISHLEIGH
Sent: 02 June 2005 13:10
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Africa, the Fight against AIDS, HIV and usIn the spirt of Making Poverty History, Live 8 etc. I wonder if you have a couple of minutes to read an idea I have had for a while.
According to an article on SARS and medical libraries in Hong Kong in an issue of Update a year or so ago the fight against the disease was so severe that medical publications with relevant material were put online for nothing so that researchers could pool their knowledge and resources. We don't hear much about SARS these days so why not apply the same principle to the AIDS problem? I know there are vested interests, buy hey there always are, aren't there.
Did you know that 12 million children are now AIDS orphans in Africa? Maybe the information community could do something to increase the chances of finding a cure?
Jackie Fishleigh
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