Science publishers offer journals
free to poorest nations
Agence France-Presse . Geneva
Science and technology journal publishers have agreed to offer free access to their journals to academics in the world痴 poorest countries, the World Intellectual Property Organisation said Thursday.
Twelve publishers including the Oxford University Press, Elsevier and the National Academy of Sciences have agreed to grant free access to about 64 journals to research and academic institutions and intellectual property offices in almost 50 countries.
Another 58 developing countries would also get access by paying an annual subscription of $1,000 a year, against the regular annual subscription fee of over $400,000.
The Bangladesh minister for industries, Dilip Barua, whose country would be among those to benefit, highlighted the importance of gaining access to technology information.
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