From: Richard Gedye <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 11:44:40 +0000 If there are any researchers or librarians reading this in any of the 115 developing countries reached by the public private Research4Life initiative (http://www.research4life.org/eligibility/) do check if you are registered for access to this service by going to http://www.research4life.org/institutions-registered/. In the least developed 71 of these countries, the Research4Life programmes provide free access to up to: 15,000 Journals 33,000 Books 120 other information resources from over 550 publishers In the remaining 44 of these countries this content is available for a subscription payment of US $1,500 per year – an effective discount of over 99.9% If you are in any of these countries and your institution is not yet registered and is a not for profit national university, professional school (medicine, agriculture, pharmacy, public health, engineering, etc.), research institute, teaching hospital or healthcare centers, government office, national library, agricultural extension centers, or local non-governmental organizations, do go to: http://www.research4life.org/howtoregister2/ where you will find guidance on how to register. Thanks. Richard Gedye ======================================= Richard Gedye Director of Outreach Programmes STM and Chair, Executive Council Research4Life Web: www.research4life.org ======================================== -----Original Message----- From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:26:45 -0400 Of possible interest. Academic publishing company Elsevier has filed a complaint at a New York District Court, hoping to shut down the Library Genesis project and the SciHub.org search engine. The sites, which are particularly popular in developing nations where access to academic works is relatively expensive, are accused of pirating millions of scientific articles. http://torrentfreak.com/elsevier-cracks-down-on-pirated-scientific-articles-150609/