Abstract
This article provides an update on the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), a development charity working in Africa, Asia and Latin America. INASP’s work with partners helps strengthen the global research communication cycle in all its forms (research availability, access, use, creation and communication). To help activities have the most impact and reach, it establishes effective partnerships and co-operates and collaborates with libraries, library consortia, publishers and policy makers in developing and developed countries. Some of these partnerships will be explored, including INASP’s work with country co-ordination teams, library consortia and international publishers who provide online journal and book access and support resource access, awareness and use through ‘Publishers for Development’. Looking ahead, the emerging ‘Librarians for Development’ will be introduced, with its promise of how a group of librarians from developing and developed countries might help support and enrich the work of each other.
Highlights
The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2012
INASP is perhaps best known for the Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI)[1], which is primarily funded by INASP’s partner countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and European governments via the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Norwegian Development Agency for Co-operation (NORAD) and the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida)
While experiences varied by country, there were some general trends: a loss of talent, insufficient numbers of teaching staff and a fall in the standard of research undertaken at post-graduate level
Summary
The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2012. INASP is a development charity with the goal of contributing to sustainable social and economic development by strengthening the research communication cycle. It helps address some of the challenges developing countries face around the availability of international online books and journals, the writing and publication of locally-produced work and the communication and uptake of research to inform policy and practice. INASP is perhaps best known for the Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI)[1], which is primarily funded by INASP’s partner countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and European governments via the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Norwegian Development Agency for Co-operation (NORAD) and the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida)
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