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Accessible Scientific Articles for Developing Countries: eJournals Delivery Service

eJournals Delivery Service provides online scientific articles to Third World institutions via email, overcoming connectivity and resource challenges. The service allows scientists to access and submit articles offline, enhancing research capabilities. Supported by ICTP/TWAS, the program aims to aid scientific progress in developing nations without hindering publishers' revenues. Future plans include expanding content, monitoring projects, and infrastructure development for increased accessibility. Collaborations with international organizations aim to broaden access to literature in various disciplines.

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Accessible Scientific Articles for Developing Countries: eJournals Delivery Service

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  1. eJournals Delivery Service • Personnel: Enrique Canessa, Carlo Fonda. • Supporting Offices: Library, Maria Fasanella and Scientific Computer Section, Alvise Nobile and Clement Onime. • Supporting Personnel: Raffaelle Corona, Nassir Iqbal, Ljubiça Pesut from the ICTP/TWAS Donation Programme. • Coordinator: Hilda Cerdeira

  2. eJDS: Purpose • To provide individual scientists with online scientific articles, by search and/or download using only email and allowing them to follow hyperlinks as if they were surfing the web via a live internet connection.

  3. Problems a) not enough bandwidth to download scientific material in a reasonable time, without spending the whole day in front of the computer, which I call real connectivity; b) lack of the necessary hardware, i.e. computers, to do it; c) impossibility to pay for the connection.

  4. Program lies on relationship between Publishers and ICTP.eJDS contributes to science in developing countries without jeopardizing their revenues.

  5. Who can use the eJDS? • A scientist working in a Third World Institution.

  6. Modus Operandi • The system works using only e-mail, to retrieve webpages which are stripped of frills. • The scientist works off-line on the webpages that he has obtained, and sends e-mail to ejournals with all selected items in them, may already be final manuscript. • The eJDS is driven by www4mail (developed by C. Onime and E. Canessa).

  7. Future Plans for eJDS Project • Extension of eJDS contents to other Publishers: Elsevier, OSA, IoPP through OSI (Soros). • PingER Monitoring Project for DeveloPING Countries in collaboration with SLAC, Stanford (beyond HEP hosts). • Webmail for eJDS users on Kabissa.org (for Yahoo, Hotmail single users). • Provison and capacity building of Infrastructure on site, through collaboration with ICTP Group of Networking and Radio Propagation and the S&T Collaborium Initiative. • Publicizing eJDS Project through conferences, publications, visits to developing countries. • Collaborations under request with other nonprofit international organizations (FAO, WHO), to share this unique experience of access to literature in multidisciplinary areas outside the incumbency of the Centre.

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