I SciELO Network Meeting

I SciELO Network Meeting

I Reunión de la Red SciELO

www.crics.infoPuebla, México7-9 May 2003

CRICS 6 – Congreso Regional de Información en Ciencias de la Salud

INSP/SS/Mexico BIREME/OPS/OMS

www.icml9.orgSalvador, Bahia, Brazil,19-23 September 2005

ICML 9

International Congress on Medical Librarianship

origins, evolution, trends and perspectives

Abel L. PackerSciELO, Operational CoordinatorBIREME/PAHO/WHO, Director

International Conference on Scientific Electronic Publishing in Developing Countries, Valparaíso, September 30 – October 2 2002

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started in 1997, in Brazil, through a pilot project, based on a partnership among FAPESP, BIREME and 10 Brazilian scientific editors of journals from different subject areas

FAPESP: impact factor of journals not in the main-stream

BIREME: methodology for electronic publishing

all: strengthen the scientific communication

regular operation started in 1998

early adoption by CONICYT Chile in 1998 did characterize SciELO as an international initiative from the very beginning

SciELO

origins

Editors: moving to electronic publishing and acting as focal group

1998 - SciELO Brazil starts normal operation

1998 - Chile adopt SciELO - CONICIT and Editors

1999 - SciELO Chile starts normal operation

2000 - SciELO Costa Rica - BINASS – health sciences – in progress

2001- Spain – ISCIII/BNCS – health sciences – in progress

Countries in process of adoption: Argentina, Colombia, Jamaica, México, Peru and Uruguay

2000 - SciELO Public Health starts normal operation with ibero-american and PAHO-WHO public health journals indexed in MEDLINE

1997 - Project FAPESP-BIREME-Editors - pilot with 10 journals

2002- Venezuela – CONICyT/CNTI/SINADIB – health sciences in progress

SciELO evolución 1997--2002

2001 - SciELO Cuba – CNICM – health sciences

2002- Portugual – Observatório

Site SciELO 2002 - September

number of titles Brazil (www.scielo.br)1 91 Chile (www.scielo.cl)1 32 Cuba (www.scielo.sld.cu)2 5 Costa Rica (scielo.sa.cr) 2 10 Spain (scielo.isciii.es:90) 2 7 Venezuela (www.scielo.org.ve)1 10 Public health (www.scielosp.org)3 6 total 159

1 includes all subject areas 2 includes health sciences only 3 public health titles from Brazil, Mexico, Spain, PAHO and WHOb

SciELO

collections in September 2002

SciELO Brazil

SciELO

foundationstrendsperspectives

Strengthen regional and local scientific communication/ high quality journals

1

Model for electronic publishing2

Contribute to formulation and implementation of national policies on scientific communication

3

SciELO

foundationsvocation

Strengthen scientific communication/ high quality journals from developing countries

1

the access to scientific and technical information is essential for economic and social developmentresearch results are mainly communicated and validated through publication in scientific journals

developed countries have a very well established scientific communication infrastructure

only a small percentage of the scientific production from developing countries shares this infrastructure

most of the developing countries scientific journals lack adequate distribution and dissemination

in consequence, local generated scientific information is lost or have a limited impact.

But if visible:it will progressively increase the usage and impact of local information on decision making processes at different levels

it will contribute to develop a positive feedback to local scientific journals

SciELO

foundationsvocation

Strengthen scientific communication/ high quality journals from developing countries

moving to electronic publishing in a way that addresses the chronic problems that affect scientific journals in developing countries

increase visibility, accessibility and credibility of regional/local high quality journals

measure usage and impact

improve quality of journals

1

inclusion in the global flow of scientific information

LA&C, Portugal and Spain journals. Probable universe:

- 2004 up to 300 titles and about 12000 articles per year- 2007 up to 500 titles and about 20000 articles per year

SciELO

foundationstrendsperspectives

Model for electronic publishing

SciELO Sites

Network of SciELO sites

2

Methodology for electronic publishing

SciELO Model Methodology -1

selection, preparation, storage, preservation, publication, dissemination and evaluation of scientific publications

. DOC

. Ventura

. HTMLMarkupSGMLDTD

parser correctionconversion to HTML

fulltextpresentation &markup

load intodesktop database

ftp to InternetSciELO Server

Internet SciELO site

reports

. Latex

interface

. PDF….

transfer XML files

PubMEDLILACS, WoS ...

links

SciELO Methodology current work flow

links

oai

SciELO Model Methodology -2

selection, preparation, storage, preservation, publication, dissemination and evaluation of scientific publications

compatible with international standards and initiatives

adequate to developing countries conditions

cooperative development – capacity building

public domain within SciELO Network

interchange w/ developing countries projects: INASP/AJOR, Latindex, etc.

SciELO Model - Methodology -3

main features/chracteristics

interface to browse journals, search articles and indicators of usage and impact

links to other information sources- author name CvLAC/ScienTI- bibliographic reference bibliographic record

links from other information sources- author CvLAC/ScienTI articles- bibliographic records articles

export metadata to bibliographic data bases

selection criteria – entry and remain in a collection

markup and load into a database

SciELOModel

Sites

application of the SciELO methodology on the operation of collections of scientific journals on the Internet/Web

implemented at national, sub-regional, regional, thematic levels

coordinated by – national/regional institution

quality control and development by an Editorial Committee

selection criteria

scientific, with peer-review

frequency, update and time of operation

articles: títle, abstract and keywords in English

standards of organization, presentation, bibliographic rules

indexed in international and national databases

indicators: usage, impact, links, etc.

preservation – national collection: copies in CD-ROM, DVD, mirrors

ScieloModel

NetworkofSciELO Sites

SciELO sites from LA, C, Portugal & Spain

partnership: national and international scientific and technological related institutions, scientific editors and publishers, libraries, etc.

a SciELO Portal will provide access through out the decentralized network of SciELO sites

formalization of the network in the near future

coordination instances, certification, etc.

common methodology, quality controls and indicators across the network

national, local, thematic specific applications

Contribute to the formulation and implementation of national policies on scientific communication

3SciELO

foundationstrendsperspectives SciELO as an index to support scientific journals

national policies and programs. In progress in Brazil and Chile

integrating national, regional and international research management information systems. Ex. Plataforma Lattes, CvLAC, ScienTI, SHARED, I-Research, etc.

enriching the mechanisms for the evaluation of research programs, institutions, networks and groups

integrating to the national and international programs for accessing electronic journals

Example in health sciences

How to obtain a health sciences related article in Ibero-America?

The Virtual Health Library strategy

- no cost - local library

- with cost – networl of libraries – SCAD/VHL

2. Electronic journals: - with cost - institutional

- with [no]cost - consortia

- with cost

- no cost - SciELO

1. When article is in paper

?

ISIJCR, WoS

NLMMEDLINE

BIREME/OPSLILACS

BNCS/ISCIIIIBECS

SciELO

SciELOtrends perspectives

challenges&conclusions

move towards full [only] electronic publishing

articles submitted according to markup templates to facilitate load into databases, links, statistics

fast publishing, low costs

methodology/technology – big challenges

make it easier and portable and pervasivesearch across the network – Web Services technology

search across multilingual contents, show results ordered by relevancestatistical reports – standard group of statistics, indicators, export data for further process

linking - text based links and content based links

improve / measure quality of scientific journals

indicators of usage and impact publicly availableimprove quality control across SciELO Network, increasing the usage / interchange of peer reviewers and experience

SciELOtrends perspectives

conclusions

consolidate the SciELO Network

Ideal network in the next 2 yearsArgentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain and Venezuela

sustainabilitynational programs to support scientific journalssearching for/building core collectionsintegrate SciELO in national programs of accessing electronic information sourcesgoing fully electronic to lessen costs

SciELOtrends perspectives

conclusionscomprehensive approach of the scientific communication from developing countries: quality control, universal access, evaluation, preservation

development of a common and cooperative space for the scientific communication which will enhance synergies

increase the usage and impact of local generated scientific information on decision making processes at different levels

contribute to economic, social, cultural and scientific development

… the expectations from the very beginning

lessen the information divide

Thank you!