Thank you for this Neil,

I think it is important that we are clear exactly what's going on, and 
which other countries are also affected, before any response is planned. 
For those interested in following up this topic, the link for the 
HIFA2015 forum thread is:
http://tinyurl.com/4g2caos

Apologies for the cross posting.


Best wishes,

Andrea


*Andrea Chandler*
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CAMLIS- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Library & Information 
Service
The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
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On 18/01/2011 3:47PM, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, UK wrote:
> Dear Andrea and all,
>
> The BMJ piece is based on incomplete information and the facts are 
> still emerging.
>
> A statement from Elsevier has since been circulated on the discussion 
> forum HIFA2015 (Healthcare Information for All by 2015) by Richard 
> Smith, former editor of the BMJ (see below).
>
> The other publishers implicated in the BMJ piece are Springer, 
> Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, The American Association for the 
> Advancement of Science, and the American Society for Animal Science. 
> Of these, Springer has since issued a statement saying they have not 
> been part of HINARI since 2006 - they provide access in Bangladesh as 
> part of INASP's PERI programme. AAAS is reported to be maintaining 
> access (and it is not clear whether it was ever withdrawn).
>
> We await further clarification, but at the moment it appears that 
> Elsevier is withdrawing from Bangladesh for commercial reasons. Also, 
> Elsevier is not part of INASP's PERI programme, so it seems that 
> Bangladeshi institutions will no longer have free or low-cost access 
> to Elsevier publications.
>
> On HIFA2015 there has also been speculation that this might be a step 
> towards the slow demise of HINARI, but I think/hope such speculation 
> is premature.
>
> With thanks,
> Neil
>
> *Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh* MB,BS, DCH, DRCOG
> Coordinator, HIFA2015
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>
> *At 14:34 18/01/2011, Andrea Chandler wrote:
>> 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
>> +44 (0) 20 3448 2300
>>
>> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> http://www.cam.nhs.uk/
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