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I would very much like to provide you with an update about the activities of INASP and let you know about our achievements so far. Once we have compiled our Annual Review for 2006 I will post a link on this list. In the meantime, if you would like to find out more information about the work of INASP or the PERI programme please feel free to contact me directly. Very best wishes, Lucy Lucy Barton Head of Information Delivery International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) 58 St Aldates Oxford OX1 1ST Phone: (0)1865 249909 Fax: (0)1865 251060 e-mail: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.inasp.info INASP is a registered UK charity: number 1106349 At 16:29 15/12/2006, you wrote: >following Ian's comment: Beech Tree Publishing is delighted to announce that >it is continuing with its involvement in this programme. Beech Tree has >encouraged access to its journals by users in poorer countries by offering >them reduced subscription prices since the early 1980s. > >Bill Page >Beech Tree Publishing > >PS In other words, I am also interested in news about schemes like PERI. My >question is, is this significant news to the list about poorer country >access to journals or, given how many publishers are now in PERI, is this a >marketing department getting more publicity for its titles? If PERI sent out >something about how well they are doing, I would view that differently >. >-----Original Message----- >From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ian Johnson >Sent: 15 December 2006 15:53 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Duke University Press participates in INASP's PERI initiative > > >Yes. Some of the people who follow this list are interested in developments >in journal publishing that affect developing countries! > >-----Original Message----- >From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of William Page >Sent: 15 December 2006 15:34 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Duke University Press participates in INASP's PERI initiative > >Should we be getting emails like this? > >Bill Page >Beech Tree Publishing > >-----Original Message----- >From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kim Steinle >Sent: 15 December 2006 15:21 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Duke University Press participates in INASP's PERI initiative > > >For immediate release: >December 15, 2006 > >For more information: >Kimberly Steinle, Duke University Press Library Relations Manager >[log in to unmask] > > >Duke University Press participates in INASP's PERI initiative to provide >online journals content to the developing world. > >Duke University Press is pleased to announce its support of the >International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications' >(INASP) Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI), an >initiative dedicated to increasing access to knowledge in the developing >world. Beginning in 2007, all Duke University Press journals content will be >made available online at heavily subsidized rates to selected institutions >in the developing world that meet INASP qualifications for participation. > >"We are thrilled to welcome Duke University Press to the growing number of >publishers who support access to information for developing and transitional >countries via the PERI program," said Lucy Barton, head of information >delivery at INASP. "There is an increased recognition of the vital role that >information and knowledge can play in development. The cooperation we have >with publishers and our international network of partners means sustainable >routes to research materials continue to be established." > >"PERI's commitment to the dissemination of knowledge in the developing world >is a natural extension of our mission as a university press," stated >Kimberly Steinle, Duke University Press library relations manager. "We are >proud to participate in PERI by offering online access to Duke journals at >greatly reduced rates to developing countries." > >About INASP >An international nonprofit development charity with programs dedicated to >capacity building in the research sector of developing and transitional >countries, INASP has been establishing access to information and providing >support and training to the developing world since 1999. One of its many >programs, PERI supports research by facilitating access to global >information and supporting publication of in-country research findings. It >also provides information skills training for researchers, practitioners, >librarians, and publishers. > >About Duke University Press >Duke University Press publishes approximately 100 books annually and more >than 30 periodicals in a wide range of disciplines within the humanities and >sciences. We are proud to be a leading publisher in the fields of cultural >theory and cultural studies. The press also offers the e-Duke Scholarly >Collection, a set of 29 humanities and social science journals hosted online >by HighWire Press. > >For further information about PERI and other INASP programs, please visit >www.inasp.info. For further information about Duke University Press journals >and the press's involvement in PERI, please visit >www.dukeupress.edu/library.