Access to Research Outputs
Enhancing science, engineering and technology capacity in developing countries is crucial to their growth and development, yet this is often hampered by an inability to access scientific information, including journals, literature and data.
In order to improve access to research outputs for developing country students, practitioners, policymakers, researchers and journalists, the UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) promotes affordable and effective access to information through means such as journal access programmes, open access initiatives and associated infrastructure.
Access to research outputs in developing countries is one focus of the UKNC’s Working Group on Improving Access to Scientific Information.
UK Learned Societies and Journal Access Programmes
In 2008 the UK National Commission for UNESCO published a report ‘Improving Access to Scientific Information for Developing Countries: UK Learned Societies and Journal Access Programmes’.
Based on the findings of a survey of 40 scientific learned societies in the UK, this report assesses learned societies’ participation in journal access programmes for developing countries (providing free or low cost access to scholarly literature) and sets out recommendations to strengthen the provision of scientific information to institutions and readers in need.
Access the full report from the documents sidebar.
Learn more about our work with UK Learned Societies here.
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