Research4Life programmes show dramatic growth
Three international programmes aimed at giving free or low-cost information access to researchers in the world's poorest countries have seen impressive growth in their…
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Grants help libraries and scholars in developing world
The Elsevier Foundation is seeking new grant proposals for its 2009 Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries and New Scholars programmes
Developing countries get free access to SPIE Digital Library
ICTP arranges free access to the SPIE Digital Library to researchers and students in more than 90 countries.
Developing world research grows faster thanks to information access
Free and low-cost access to health research in developing countries is boosting research output, according to the HINARI Access to Research Initiative.
Geological Society plans developing-world initiative
The Geological Society of London will make all the content from its digitised publications freely available to researchers in developing countries.
Microsoft adds support to developing-world access initiatives
Three programmes that provide free, or almost free, access to online peer-reviewed journals for researchers in more than 100 of the world's poorest countries…