[Biolib-l] Bioline International: Call for Members

[bioline.international at utoronto.ca]

Dear Librarians & Friends,

We are collaborating with colleagues in developing countries to make  
their research openly accessible worldwide. We believe that bridging  
the existing global knowledge divide is beneficial to all of us. Will  
you join us?

Our organization, Bioline International, is an open access  
e-publishing platform currently supporting over 70 scholarly journals  
from 15 countries.

We are currently seeking new members and supporters to sustain and  
expand the project for the long term. For a membership fee of $500 per  
year, your library can help to ensure that this valuable, but often  
neglected, body of research is available to your faculty and students.

Bioline International is a joint endeavor of faculty and librarians  
from the University of Toronto and the Reference Center on  
Environmental Information, Brazil. We have also received support from  
organizations such as SPARC, the Open Society Institute and Science  
Commons.

Your institutional membership fee will go towards the cost of our  
daily operation, including document conversion, metadata enhancement,  
usage tracking, technology upgrades and user support.

More than 70 new journals have applied to join Bioline over the last  
year. With your contribution we will be able to make additional  
journals available to all.

Please read our brochure - http://www.bioline.org.br/BiolineBrochure.pdf

Please consider joining Bioline International as a member or as a  
sponsor.  Your colleagues at your institution and in the developing  
world will benefit greatly from your decision to join. For your  
convenience, a membership enrollment form is available in MS Word  
format at: http://www.bioline.org.br/Membershipform.doc

Find out more about Bioline International and our membership drive,  
please see:  http://www.bioline.org.br/

Thank you.

Leslie Chan
Director, Bioline International
c/o Dept. of Social Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough
1265 Military Trail, Scarborough ON Canada M1C 1A4
Phone: 1-416-287-7511
Email: bioline.international at utoronto.ca or chan at utsc.utoronto.ca
Web: http://www.bioline.org.br/

* PLEASE NOTE: If your institution has a special interest in open access,
International development or biomedical research, please note that we  
are also looking for some special short-term sponsorships while we  
make the switch to a membership model.

We are grateful for the sponsorship which has recently been offered by:
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Open Society Institute
Science Commons, Simon Fraser University Library, University of Guelph
Library, University of Ottawa Library