LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO)
130 research and training institutions in 19 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean full-time researchers
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 Web 120 books and periodical articles in CLACSO´s Virtual Library Other: 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 : 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 research Seed-money for testing REGIONAL TRAINING Leaders Editors and librarians
Overall regional needs STANDARDS AND METHODOLOGIES INDEXING / METADATA/ THESAURUS SEARCHING TOOLS WEBSITE MANAGEMENT ONLINE UPDATING OF VIRTUAL LIBRARY AND DATABASES E-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