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The impact of new technology on the publishing, provision and use of journals in languages other than EnglishIan Johnson

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OVERVIEW

The role of information in development

Information and LIS development in Latin America

Limitations of printed journal publishing in Latin America

Electronic publishing in Latin America

Indexing and abstracting services Provision and use

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THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION CHAIN

New products and services

Creativity through ideas

Research and publication

Society benefits

Company success

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INFORMATION AND LIS DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA

Importance of information flow for development Limited dissemination of reports

of local advancesLinguistic isolation from

international reports of advances

Weak research cultureFew quality LIS journals

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SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING IN LATIN AMERICA

“ Commercial” publication

Weak infrastructure Irregular

publication Poor distribution

Limited visibility

Subsidised publication

No incentive for Quality control Improved

distribution

Limited visibility

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RESEARCH AND RECOGNITION

Researcher’s goalsReadership: exposure and quality of

audience ImpactPrestigeReward

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DILEMMA FOR RESEARCHERS IN NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Publish in Englishor E-publish full-text in original

language or Linguistic isolation

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RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT

Problems of LIS human resource development in Latin AmericaLimited availability of high

quality journals

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ALFA

América Latina Formación Académica Academic links

3+ Universities in Latin America3+ Universities in European Union

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REVISTAS – REd VIrtual Sobre

Todas las AmericaS

‘JOURNALS – a virtual network

across the Americas’

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ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING IN LATIN AMERICA

Growth of the Internet and PC availability

Continued pattern of institutional subsidy Institutional repositories Electronic journals

Sponsors and aggregators SciELO RedALyC

Growing investment by commercial publishers Grupo Oceano EBSCOHost, Thomson Learning, Dialnet,

ProQuest

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INTERNATIONAL ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING SERVICES

Inadequate coverage in generalist, international indexes

OCLCSciELOClasePeriodica

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LATIN AMERICAN LIS JOURNALS AND INDEXES

LIS Journals in Spanish and Portuguese 277+ originating in Latin America 54+ others

70+ web sites 35+ full text online

Failure to maintain national indexing services

INFOBILA c. 200 journals and newsletters 128 in Spanish or Portuguese

c. 60 current LIS journals from Latin America

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THE WAY AHEAD?

Sustainability of Open PublishingRegular funding not guaranteedIssues of quality control not all

resolved Author support uncertain

Access improvingInstitutional repositoriesAggregators

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FUTURE COMMERCIAL JOURNAL PUBLISHING

Growth of commercial e-journal servicesChallenges

Acceptable subscription charges and impact on income and speed of development

Availability of journal sets for digitisation

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PROVISION AND USE

Linguistic barriers remain

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