LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO)

LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO)

130 research and training institutions in 19 countries of Latin America and the

Caribbean5.000 full-time researchers

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th e C a r ib b e a n (5 .0 0 0 fu ll- t im e re s e a rc h e rs )

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U n iv e rs i t ie s5 4 %

N G O ´s3 6 %

CLACSO´s REGIONAL VIRTUAL CAMPUS

20 regional research groups (teleworking)Regional fellowships programs

(teleworking)Regional courses (distance education)Collaborative inf. network (databases)Collaborative books

CLACSO members printed production

Estimated annual printed production:

500 books

2000 periodical articles

10% is full-text in the Web120 books and periodical articles

in CLACSO´s Virtual LibraryOther: in institutional websites

CLACSO´s COLLABORATIVE BOOKS

Selection of subjects for regional collaborative research and regional fellowhips contests

Research activity and group discussion

Editorial review of research papers E-publishing in Virtual Library

(pdf) Printed distribution

WORKING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

1980-1990: academic networking for bibliographic databases (REDUC, BIREME, ALIDE, CLACSO, etc.). Regional leaders: CLADES, UNESCO, BIREME, IDRC, Red de Redes de Información de América Latina

2000: academic networking for e-publishing and e-libraries? Regional leaders: BIREME, Univ.Colima, ...

Grants: ICASUR?, UNESCO?

Overall regional needs

REGIONAL RESEARCH ON E-PUBLISHING AND E-LIBRARIES

Trends / solutions review / regional needs / open standards

Grants for regional researchSeed-money for testing

REGIONAL TRAINING LeadersEditors and librarians

Overall regional needs

STANDARDS AND METHODOLOGIESINDEXING / METADATA/ THESAURUS SEARCHING TOOLS WEBSITE MANAGEMENTONLINE UPDATING OF VIRTUAL

LIBRARY AND DATABASESE-COMMERCE

Small units of information Fair revenues for all

Overall regional needs

LEGAL ISSUES– INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS FOR

COOPERATIVE INITIVATIVES

– DIGITAL RIGHTS STANDARDS Digital edition of printed documents Born digital documents

– DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

SUSTAINABILITY!!!!!

• Academic sustainability

• Economic sustainability