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LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO)

Explore the influence of CLACSO in Latin America through regional virtual campus, research groups, fellowships, and collaborative books. Learn about their efforts in e-publishing, virtual libraries, and sustainability.

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LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO)

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  1. LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO)

  2. LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL SCIENCES COUNCIL (CLACSO) • 130 research and training institutions in • 19 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean • 5.000 full-time researchers

  3. CLACSO´s REGIONAL VIRTUAL CAMPUS • 20 regional research groups (teleworking) • Regional fellowships programs (teleworking) • Regional courses (distance education) • Collaborative inf. network (databases) • Collaborative books

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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?

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Overall regional needs LEGAL ISSUES • INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATIVE INITIVATIVES • DIGITAL RIGHTS STANDARDS • Digital edition of printed documents • Born digital documents • DIGITAL RIGHTSMANAGEMENT

  10. SUSTAINABILITY!!!!! • Academic sustainability • Economic sustainability

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