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ONLINE FREE, SPONSORED MEMBERSHIPS, AND CONSORTIA EXPAND ACCESS TO SCB BENEFITS AND PUBLICATIONS

Online Free

In August 2006, SCB made online versions of Society publications free to members in developing countries. To become a member of SCB or to assist your colleagues in joining SCB, please visit www.conbio.org/join. The US$10 membership-only option gives residents of developing countries automatic access to online publications. Please contact Kat Powers (kpm@conbio.org) if you are unable to submit payment online; other payment options are available.

Sponsored memberships are available for those in need. Thanks to a grant from The Nature Conservancy (TNC), SCB is currently offering two-year sponsored memberships to individuals in developing countries. These memberships are offered in conjunction with Online Free access to publications. By late 2006, SCB had received more than 100 requests for sponsored membership. Many requests already have been met. During the two years of their membership, recipients will have online access to Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation, and Conservation magazine.

Please make your colleagues in developing countries aware of these sponsored memberships. Requests for sponsorship are available at www.conbio.org/Resources/Contact/. Individuals who submit a request will be notified after their application has been reviewed. The Executive Office will continue working with Regional Sections, working groups, local chapters, and various partners over the coming months to distribute sponsored memberships equitably among developing countries. Please direct any questions about sponsored memberships to Kat Powers (kpm@conbio.org).

Membership and Subscription Structure

SCB has simplified its membership model, separating subscriptions to publications from membership per se. Four membership packages are available. Members may add additional items, such as subscriptions to affiliate publications (e.g., Biological Conservation, Pacific Conservation Biology) or contributions to scholarship programs, to their package order.

The geographic pricing structure of subscriptions also has changed. Subscription costs no longer vary as a function of delivery address. Instead, we are charging a flat shipping fee-20% of the package cost-for locations outside of the United States (the United States is the point of origin for mailing).

Discounts of 50% off the price of any package are available to students, members who are retired / emeritus, and residents of developing countries.

Changes to the membership and subscription structure will be reflected on renewal forms as well as new-membership forms. Please send any questions or suggestions regarding these changes to Kat Powers. We greatly appreciate your assistance and patience during this transition.

Philanthropic Consortia

Conservation Biology is registered in several major philanthropic consortia. Full details are available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/librarians/developing_countries.asp

International Association for the Promotion of Co-operation with Scientists from the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (INTAS). This program, funded by the European Union, makes the full suite of Blackwell's science and medical journals available for three years in all the libraries in six former Soviet republics. Participating countries in 2006 were Armenia, Belarus, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Ukraine. Each country pays a discounted rate for access and is asked to maintain any existing subscriptions. Any non-commercial institution within the country can register. See www.inasp.info/peri/intas.shtml for more information.

International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP). The INASP program gives university libraries in a number of developing countries access to Blackwell journals for a nominal fee. Libraries in more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and eastern Europe are currently participating in this initiative. More information is available at www.inasp.info/peri/intro.shtml

Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA). Blackwell is one of the six founding publishers in this program, which allows students, academics, and policy-makers in the world's poorest countries to gain free access to journals covering the latest research in agriculture, fisheries, food, nutrition, veterinary science, and related biological, environmental, and social sciences. More than 150 of Blackwell's titles are currently included in AGORA. For details, visit www.aginternetwork.org/en/

At the end of 2005, nearly 4500 sites (in addition to subscribers) had access to Conservation Biology through consortial licensing, and that number has grown in the intervening year. As a result, articles are benefiting from a substantial readership and increasing citations.

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