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Dear Colleagues in Belarus,
I am very pleased to welcome you all to the Programme for the Enhancement of Research
Information (PERI). If you are not familiar with this programme, it is a programme
of INASP (the International Network
for the Availability of Scientific Publications), designed to enhance access to
and use of learned information resources online, in developing and transitional
countries.
An important component of the PERI programme is the facilitation of access
to international online resources, through the use of country-wide licenses. PERI
has secured licenses with a range of Publishers of learned content online and
has limited funding (from INTAS) to help Libraries and Research Institutes within
Belarus gain access to this content.
I am very pleased therefore to attach our Guide to Information
Resources for Belarus. This document describes the resources presently available
through PERI (and through other sources) to colleagues in Belarus. PERI is working
with a Country Coordinator for Belarus, Ms. Julia Asinimova of the European Humanities
University in Minsk.
Libraries and research Institutes are encouraged to consider the resources
available through PERI and make their requirements known to these colleagues who
will communicate them on to PERI. Because of the limited funding available (ca.
30,000 Euros for each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004) discussion and collaboration
is strongly encouraged to ensure the best use of funds. |
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Please take a look through the document to see the resources presently available
through PERI. You should then contact Ms. Julia
Asinimova letting them know the resources you need. As requirements are defined
and agreed, we will notify you so that you can register your Institute for access.
The process of registration differs for each publisher but the attached document
tells you what to do in each case -- please therefore retain it for future reference.
PERI is able to work with all not-for-profit research institutes and libraries
in Belarus so please feel free to forward this email to as many of your colleagues
as you see fit. It is our ambition to make the programme as broad and inclusive
as possible.
I will continue my work with a further range of publishers encouraging them
to get involved in the PERI programme. If there are any resources not presently
available within the programme that you would like access to, please let me know
and I will endeavour to make contact with the appropriate publisher.
If you have any other questions about PERI or INASP, please contact me. On
behalf of INASP, we look forward to working with as many Institutes in Belarus
as possible, facilitating access to as many required resources as possible.
Sincerely
Sarah Durrant
For more information about PERI -- the Programme for the Enhancement of Research
Information:
www.inasp.info/peri |
