Anna María Prat CONICYT-Chile

1. Towards a National Policy to provide access to scientific information and data in a developing country Anna María Prat CONICYT-Chile

2. Open Access Policy • In a developing country open access is a different issue • We do not have an editorial industry • We cannot afford access to the world information • Our approach to open access is one of extreme necessity: • To make available our research results • To be able to access the world knowledge • We invest in science. • We need to assure the availability of the results to everyone • Information is an input to scientific research that has to be paid for

3. Some Highlights • 1967. Establishment of the National Research Council, CONICYT. Among its duties: • To ensure access to the scientific and technological information needed to support research • Promote accessibility to the scientific information produced in Chile • Compile the necessary information and data on the national R&D system needed to support science policy decisions.

4. Some Highlights • 1968 Beginning of a program for the compilation and analysis of information and data on the R&D System. • Production of data bases with basic information on researchers, institutions, research projects and publications. • Production of Science and Technology indicators • To-day all the information is openly available. An integration program of all the data bases is in progress. A program for the application of new technologies to analyze the data has been undertaken.

5. Some Highlights • 1982. Creation of the National Fund for Research and Development • By law, the results of the research projects financed through the Fund have to be available and accessible to all interested persons • Since then, the same applies to the research results produced through other national research funds • A data base has been produced, the documents are available and a special service provided • This year a National Repository will be open with all the existing information and documents

6. Some Highlights • 1997 Establishment of a program for the electronic edition of selected national research journals. • Conversion of selected existing scientific journals into electronic format through the creation of SciELO Chile adopting the SciELO platform of FAPESP/BIREME • The program was the result of a long policy to strengthen national scientific journals, through a National Fund for Scientific Edition, Seminars for editors, and a permanent evaluation process of scientific journals, among others.

7. Some Highlights • 2001 Establishment of a National Consortia, CINCEL, to acquire scientific information for all research institutions in the country. • Participation of the 25 universities receiving governmental financial support and CONICYT • To-day all research institutions, public and private, are welcome to participate • Since 2006, CONICYT finances 50% of the cost of the subscriptions purchased and the participating institutions the other 50%

8. The panorama To-day • SciELO-Chile includes 63 full text journals, in all areas of knowledge, many since 1997. • Commitment to Open Access. Many journals have a CC License • More than 2.500.000 visits per month. • Considered as Chilean mainstream. Is used as an evaluation instrument. • CINCEL. All participating institutions contribute towards the purchase of information according to their potential use capacity. All have access to the same information and data. • National repository of research results to be opened by the second semester this year.

9. Programs outside CONICYT • Cybertesis. Open Access to Doctoral, Master and Professional thesis. Developed by the University of Chile and accepted and used by almost all governmental supported universities. • Full text thesis available through University libraries websites • Fully searchable

10. Programs outside CONICYT • Since 2000, by law, all information produced by governmental institutions must be publicly available. Scientific data is usually available through the institutional Web sites • The environmental, biodiversity and sustainable development data, are available through SINIA of CONAMA (Nat Commission for the Environment) • http://www.sinia.cl • Health information through MINSAL (M. of Health) • http://www.minsal.cl

11. Programs outside CONICYT • SIGEO. Provides geological information, generated by SERNAGEOMMIN, the National Institute for Geological and Mining Studies. • Contains almost 100 maps (since 1996) of diverse geosciences topics (basic geology, mineral resources, hydric resources, geophysics, geological hazards and environmental geology) and topography, • Databases (radiometric data, chemical analysis, ore deposits, wells), • Processed Satellite images and full-text documents that refer to spatial data. • http://sigeo.sernageomin.cl

12. Programs outside CONICYT • SNIT. The National System for the Coordination of Territorial Information. http://www.snit.cl • Intended to coordinate and integrate all territorial information and data held by Chilean governmental institutions at all levels and in all areas. • Already a metadata catalog of information held by national institutions is on-line and territorial information of different institutions is available • SIIT. The Integrated system of Territorial Information of the Library of Congress http://www.bcn.cl/siit/. Integrates data from different national institutions

13. As a conclusion • The legal instruments exist to ensure the public availability of scientific information and data • Many efforts have been initiated. Some very successful • In general, The information is spread, available but not always accessible • An integrating program is needed to allow: • Interoperability of all the information available • Agreement on common standards and protocols • Use of new technologies to assure better access

14. Still a long way to go !Thank you¡