STM publisher Elsevier and the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide 150 researchers working in least-developed and low-income countries with access to the latter's online scientific research platform and flagship abstract and citation database - ScienceDirect and Scopus.
Active in fields such as tropical medicine and sustainable development, the scientists will be able to apply the information available in ScienceDirect and Scopus for the treatment and prevention of diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The information can also be used to promote rural development with improved water, sanitation and food security in addition to other areas relevant to the UN Millennium Development Goals.
Elsevier and KIT's department Information & Library Service (KIT ILS) in Amsterdam are collaborating on this unique public-private partnership to drive capacity building in information technology and management in the developing world. The new agreement will expand access for five years while sharing best practice in research and training.
As an integral part of this initiative, KIT ILS facilitates a closed Virtual Knowledge Community on information management to share best research practices and identify issues of common interest. First piloted in 2007, this joint Elsevier - KIT initiative provides the Virtual Knowledge Community members in African, Caribbean, Asian and Pacific countries with access to ScienceDirect's 10 million full-text articles and Scopus' abstract and citation database containing 18,000 peer-reviewed journals from 5,000 publishers.
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