E-LISUsing digital libraries to provide online access to social science journals in Latin AmericaDominiqueBabiniauthorPippaSmartauthor: There is a strong history of social science research within Latin America, but its visibility (both within and outside the region) has been low for reasons of language and print distribution. The introduction of the Internet and online publication makes this information potentially more visible to the global research community, and within Latin America several organizations have undertaken to exploit this opportunity. The approaches taken show how collaboration between countries, and particularly between librarians and publishers, can provide innovative solutions. The CLACSO project uses a digital library model as a publishing platform for its member journals and this has provided a successful – and hopefully sustainable – model.EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.HN. e-journals.HR. Portals.2006Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)Journal Article (Print/Paginated)

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