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From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrea Chandler
Sent: 18 January 2011 14:35
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Subject: Loss of access to global health journals in Bangladesh and beyond
Dear All,
Am I the only person who finds this news worrying? Is this kind of thing
really inevitable, or is there anything we could we do, as librarians,
that may sway these publishers?
The BMJ article (free): http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d196.full
Or see: http://tinyurl.com/4urgzbm
Best wishes,
Andrea
*Andrea Chandler*
Librarian Specialist
CAMLIS- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Library & Information
Service
The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
60 Great Ormond Street
London WC1N 3HR
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