WHO HINARI Project makes journals available to selected countries…

Thanks to Bill Clintworth at USC!

The World Health Organization has had a program in place for several years called the HINARI Project.  This project makes over 6200 journals from approximately 150 different publishers available to countries with low GNI per capita.  For some countries, access is completely free (Nicaragua qualifies) and then there is [...]

Copyright Battle Looms for Docs Who ‘Grew Up Google’

from ABC News
Should Medical Studies Be Posted Free for All to See and Learn From?
By BRIAN BLANK
April 22, 2009—
Carolina Solis once went to incredible lengths for, well … poop.
“One community was a two-hour ride away on awful dirt roads, very muddy. At one point we couldn’t keep going because our tires kept slipping, so I [...]

BMJ to begin new publishing strategy-continuous publication

Continuous publication
“The next logical step
The BMJ is about to undergo another shift in the way that it publishes its content, which we hope will provide benefits for both readers and authors. From the beginning of July we will be publishing content continuously on bmj.com. All our articles will be published on line as they [...]