Conference poster
Easy as ABC (Acceso a Bibliografía Científica): Increasing Access to Scientific Literature in Panama
American Library Association Annual Conference
American Library Association Annual Conference (Orlando, Florida, 06/2016 - 06/2016)
2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/6134
Abstract
Access to scientific literature remains key for propelling education, research, and development (R&D), as well as decision-making processes in developing countries. In 2013, Panama’s National Secretariat of Science, Technology, and Innovation (SENACYT) developed ABC (Acceso a Bibliografia Cientifica). This project aligns with SENACYT’s recent launch of the National Policy of Science, Technology, and Innovation and National Strategic Plan 2015-2019. Through the project, SENACYT acquired access to 1,714 journals from Elsevier, which are available through ScienceDirect. In its second full year, the project expanded to include sixteen health and academic organizations in Panama. To measure user demographics, research interests, and their satisfaction experience with ABC, and to compare the use of ABC versus open access literature, a survey tool was developed to collect both quantitative and qualitative data from ABC users. This poster will describe the creation of ABC, its features, and usage statistics since January 2014. It will also present the survey tool and initial findings. (ALA Annual Conference Poster: Global Connections)
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- Title
- Easy as ABC (Acceso a Bibliografía Científica): Increasing Access to Scientific Literature in Panama
- Creators
- Erin Hvizdak (Author)Talea Anderson (Author)Amador Goodridge (Author)Jazmina Urriola (Author)
- Event
- American Library Association Annual Conference (Orlando, Florida, 06/2016 - 06/2016)
- Academic Unit
- Libraries
- Publisher
- American Library Association Annual Conference
- Grant note
- Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia e Innovacion, Panama
- Identifiers
- 99900502130001842
- Copyright
- openAccess ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference poster