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Science and Technology Libraries SectionSurvey of Scientific and Technological Information Needs in Less-Developed and DevelopingWeb LinksAssociations and Organizations: Libraries ASIS&T Special Interest Group: Scientific and Technology Information Systems Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Science and Technology Section International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) International Federation of Library Associations and Affiliations (IFLA) Science and Technology Section Special Library Association (SLA) Sci-Tech Division Associations and Organizations: Science and Technology Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) (Netherlands) China Society For Scientific And Technical Information (CSSTI) International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) International Council for Science (ICSU) International Council for Science CODATA - Committee on Data for Science and Technology International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) National Centre for Scientific Technological Information and Documentation (NACESTID) (Vietnam) National Science Foundation Office of International Scientific and Technical Information Programs, National Academies (United States) Oxford Trust (United Kingdom) Science and Technology Information Center, National Science Council (Republic of China) Science and Technology Information Institute (STII) (Philippines) Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Associations and Organizations: Publishing International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) Associations and Organizations: Other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Open Access Publications: Science and Technology eJournals Delivery Service (eJDS) Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship (ACRL Science and Technology Section) Journal of Digital Information Journal Server Trust National Academies Press The National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL) Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL) SciDev Sci-Tech Focus Open Access Publications: General Ariadne D-Lib, the Magazine of the Digital Library Forum UNESCO World Bank Group Documents and Reports Cooperative Initiatives to Provide Free or Inexpensive Peer-Reviewed Science Journals to Developing Countries An Outline of Cooperative International Partnerships for Sci-Tech Libraries (by Martin Kesselman, Rutgers University Libraries) African University Library Association for Information Systems Association of Commonwealth Universities: Protecting the African Library Berkeley Electronic Press Best of Science Bioline International eIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) eJDS - eJournals Delivery Service Electronic Publishing Trust for Development HighWire Press ICSU-UNESCO INASP IOPP (Institute of Physics Publishing) and SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) Journal Server Trust National Academy Press National Bureau of Economic Research Public Library of Science (PLoS) Ptolemy Project SateLLife SciDev SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) Soros/Open Society Initiative TEEAL -- The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library University of Chicago Press Grants for Libraries in Developing Countries The following list was taken from a United Nations Document prepared by the Department of Public Information (DPI) and the Dag Hammarskjöld Library (DHL). ALISE Awards Library and Information Science Research Grant offered by OCLC Online Computer Library Center in collaboration with the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). The program promotes independent research that helps librarians integrate new technologies into areas of traditional competence and contributes to a better understanding of the library environment. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The International Library Initiatives of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are dedicated to the development of international activities with libraries serving the general public throughout the world to enable all individuals to improve their lives with information and technology. Council on Library and Information Resources The International Program of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) focuses its efforts on raising preservation awareness abroad and helping to identify methods and strategies for dealing with problems of access to library and archival holdings. Engineering Information Foundation The foundation carries out grant programs focused on training engineering faculty and students in the most effective use of information systems, researching behavioral factors, dissemination issues, or linguistic concerns related to information use, or engineering informatics. Guidelines on how to apply to obtain a grant are also available. Ford Foundation Programs Grants are given in the Foundation's fields of interest through a program division encompassing three broad areas: Asset Building and Community Development; Education, Media, Arts, and Culture; and Peace and Social Justice. A project to strengthen teaching, research, libraries and publications in the social sciences and the humanities was carried out in 1997 at the Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique). To apply for a grant, see guidelines for grant seekers. Fulbright Program The Fulbright Program was established in 1946, at the end of World War II, to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries, through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. Grants are made to citizens of participating countries, primarily for university teaching; advanced research; graduate study; and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. IFLA Core Program for the Advancement of Librarianship:
Library Programs of the Open Society Institute The OSI Network Library Program (NLP) supports and contributes to the development of libraries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union through a variety of activities, including a grants program, training workshops, library information science fellowships and conference support. Rockefeller Foundation The Foundation awards grants according to four program themes and one cross-theme to support research that informs and guides policy and practice aimed at addressing the needs of the poor. Rotary Foundation The Rotary International administers a broad range of humanitarian and educational programs and activities designed to improve the human condition and advance the ultimate goal of world understanding and peace. Rotary clubs and districts worldwide are encouraged to use grants as tools to fund their International Service projects, which combat hunger, disease, ignorance, and poverty. A few funded projects follow. In India, the Valanthalai Rotary Village Corps, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Jaffna, established a mobile library to decrease the illiteracy rate. The Children's Opportunity Grant helped renovate rural libraries. Danish and Lithuanian Rotarians helped re-establish the Vilnius public library and arranged for twelve Lithuanian librarians to travel to Denmark to further their education. The reorganization of a Vilnius technical library in Lithuania is also underway. Soros Foundations Network As part of its commitment to bringing peace and stability worldwide, the Soros Foundations Network supports a wide range of projects. The Library Program has provided support to 150 projects to improve library automation, training, preservation and access, and services. US-Mexico Fund for Culture The US-Mexico Fund for Culture grants economic support to projects that promote cultural exchange and collaboration between Mexico and the United States. Binational collaborative programs involve the recuperation, cataloguing and/or digitization of documentary collections related to the arts and humanities, and of historical archives which are open to the public in Mexico and/or the United States. The site also includes information on application procedures. Scientific & Technical Libraries in Less-Developed and Developing Countries Argentina Bibliotecas de la Universidad del Litoral Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Industrial Bahamas College of the Bahamas Library Bahrain Arabian Gulf University Library University of Bahrain Library Services Bangladesh Dhaka University Library Benin La Bibliotheque Universitaire Bolivia Biblioweb de la Universidad Mayor de San Simon Botswana University of Botswana Library Services Brazil Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro Bulgaria Library and Information Complex - Technical University of Sofia Burkina Faso Université de Ouagadougou Chile European Southern Observatory Sistema de Bibliotecas de la Universidad Diego Portales Columbia Biblioteca de la Fundacion Universitaria Manuela Beltran de Bogota Biblioteca de la Universidad EAFIT Costa Rica Instituto Tecnologico, Biblioteca Jose Figueres Ferrer Cuba Biblioteca - Universidad de Cienfuegos Biblioteca Central Ruben Martinez Villena Czech Republic State Technical Library Dominican Republic Biblioteca de la UCE Biblioteca Emilio Rodriguez Demorizi Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena Biblioteca Ecuador Biblioteca "Aida de Fernandez" Centro de Informacion y Biblioteca Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar Centro de Informacion Egypt Egyptian Libraries Network Medical Library - Mansoura University El Salvador Biblioteca Virtual de la Universidad de El Salvador Sistema Bibliotecario - Universidad de El Salvador Estonia Tallinn Technical University Ghana Balme Library Granada St. George's University Founders Library Guatamala Centro de Documentacion y Divulgacion del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia India Centre for Science and Environment Indian Institute of Technology, Central Library Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Library National Institute of Engineering National Library of India Nirma Institute of Technology Library Indonesia Central Library Institut Teknologi Bandung Diponegoro University Library Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia Iran Central Library, Sharif University of Technology Jamaica Calvin McKain Library UWI Libraries - Mona Campus Jordan Al-Hashemiyyah Library Amman University Library Jordan University of Science and Technology Library Kazakhstan Abai Universal Scientific Library Republican Scientific Agricultural Library United Pavlodar Region Universal Scientific Library After S. Toraiginov Latvia Latvian Academic Library Zinatniska Biblioteka Lesotho National University Library Lithuania VGTU Biblioteka Malaysia Library Ministry of Agriculture National Library of Malaysia Perpustakaan Sultanah Zanariah University of Malaya Library Mauritius University of Mauritius Library Mexico Biblioteca CICESE Biblioteca Universitaria "Raul Rangel Frias" Bibliotecas de la Cinvestav Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Nairobi University Of Nairobi and Academic Information Resource Namibia University of Namibia Library Nicaragua Biblioteca de la Universidad Americana Nigeria Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library Pakistan Government College Lahore Library Panama Biblioteca Expecializada Paraguay Bibliotecas de la UNA Peru Biblioteca de la Universidad de Piura Biblioteca de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa Biblioteca de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Biblioteca Electronica Cristiana Philippines Centeral Philippine University Library De La Salle University Library Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology Library Poland Biblioteka Glowna Politechniki Poznanskiej Nicholas Copernicus University Library Romania Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Senegal Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar Slovak Republic Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information Slovenia Informacijski center CTK Sri Lanka The Library - University of Peradeniya University of Moratuwa Library St. Thomas/St. Croix University of the Virgin Islands Libraries Thailand Asian University of Science and Technology, Library and Learning Resources Centre King Mongkut University of Technology, North Bangkok Central Library Library - Asian Institute of Technology Thammasat University Library System Trinidad and Tobago University of the West Indies: Medical Sciences Library Uruguay Biblioteca de la Facultad de Ciencias Centro Nacional de Informacion Quimica Venezuela Biblioteca Central de la Universidad Simon Bolivar Biblioteca Marcel Roche Zambia University of Zambia Medical Library Zimbabwe University of Zimbabwe Libraries Listservs and Discussion Lists Listservs Section members and others interested in the work of Sci-Tech are welcome to join our open listserv maintained at Oxford University, U.K. To join send a one line email message saying: subscribe stl-sc to:majordomo@maillist.ox.ac.uk DIGLIB - Discussion list on Digital Libraries This is a discussion list for librarians, information scientists and other information professionals to share information about the many issues and technologies pertaining to the creation of digital libraries. To join send a one line email message saying : subscribe diglib your name to:listserv@infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca IATUL Discussion List (Members Only) Library-Oriented Listservs & Electronic Serials Other Resources FREE GEEK A computer recycling Computer Technology Center located in Portland, Oregon, which, with volunteer labor, rebuilds new computers out of old donated parts. Please contact for more information on how this organization might help libraries in developing countries. LibLicense: Licensing Digital Information (Council on Library & Information Resources and Yale University) The National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL) Virtual Library | |
