[BOAI] Bioline Sponsorship Program

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Bioline International.  --Peter Suber.]


Libraries around the world support Open Access to critical research from 
developing countries

Bioline International membership campaign update

Just six months after launching its international membership and 
sponsorship campaign, Bioline International is pleased to welcome York 
University Libraries as the newest sponsor and supporting member for 2009. 
York University Libraries joins other Canadian institutions such as Simon 
Fraser University Library, University of Guelph Library, University of 
Ottawa Library as both a sponsor and a supporting member.

Other sponsors include the Open Society Institute, Science Commons, and the 
J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah.

Bioline's new sponsorship program, announced in November 2008, gives 
organizations and institutions the opportunity to make a bold statement for 
open access to the research published in developing countries.

These special funding contributions are helping Bioline to make the 
transition to a membership supported system, while maintaining the 
commitment to sustainable, reliable access to the 70 bioscience journals 
from 16 countries distributed through the Bioline website. An expanded 
membership base will enable Bioline to add quality peer-reviewed scientific 
journals from other parts of the world.

Response to the call for members has been very encouraging. Despite the 
global economic crisis, Bioline is pleased to announce that 18 
organizations have already signed on as Bioline members.

For a small annual fee ($500 USD), libraries and organizations can join 
Canadian institutions such as Grant MacEwan College, the IDRC Library, 
Libraries & Cultural Resources at University of Calgary, York University 
Libraries, University of Guelph Library, University of Manitoba Library and 
University of Ottawa Library, all of whom are already supporting Bioline 
with yearly memberships.

Support from American organizations has also been strong. Harold B. Lee 
Library at Brigham Young University, Sterling Memorial Library at Yale 
University, University of Iowa Libraries, University of Wisconsin Madison 
Libraries and Penn State University Libraries have joined as members, while 
a number of other organizations and library consortia have expressed an 
interest.

In Europe, Ghent University Library, Lund University Libraries, the World 
Health Organization Headquarters Library and the Wellcome Library have all 
joined Bioline as supporting members. Other international members now 
include the Main Library at the University of the West Indies, 
St.Augustine, and the University of Hong Kong Libraries.

A full list of members and sponsors, as well as individual contributors, 
can be seen at:
http://www.bioline.org.br/info?id=3Dbioline&doc=3Dsponsorsmembers

Over the next few months, we hope that many more libraries will include 
Bioline International membership into their acquisition plans. Our many 
publishing partners are deeply grateful for your support as are the Bioline 
staff, students and volunteers at the University of Toronto Scarborough and 
our partner organization, the Centro de Refer=EAncia em Informa=E7=E3o 
Ambiental in Brazil, who has been providing technology support for Bioline 
since 1993.

To become a member of Bioline International now, please visit:
http://www.bioline.org.br/info?id=3Dbioline&doc=3Dsupport

For more information visit the Bioline International web site:
http://www.bioline.org.br/ or email Leslie Chan at
chan at utsc.utoronto.ca
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