Developing Country Programme

Long before the current vogue of journal and book donation projects for developing countries, Cambridge University Press was working at the heart of the effort to improve the lives of people living in less wealthy parts of the world. In fact Henry VIII's charter that founded Cambridge University Press in 1534 stated that the Press should be employed in "the acquisition, advancement, conservation, and dissemination of knowledge in all subjects." That this was to be a worldwide undertaking was never questioned.

In the following 450 years, school books, text books, journals and religious texts have flowed out of Cambridge to schools and places of worship throughout Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Americas.

Now, in the 21st Century, the Press is as active in providing high quality educational and research material to the developing world as ever. A fact reinforced by today's mission statement: "Cambridge University Press advances learning, knowledge and research worldwide".

Here is a list of the journal donation schemes that Cambridge Journals are currently available through:

Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
http://www.acu.ac.uk/
Cambridge Journals are available in print form at low cost to Commonwealth Institutions through the ACU.

AGORA
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
http://www.aginternetwork.org/
Developing world institutions can access Cambridge agriculture journals online via this scheme, set up in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.

eIFL
Electronic Information for Libraries
http://www.eifl.net/
Over 180 Cambridge Journals are available online to developing countries via the eIFL initiative.

HINARI
Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative
http://www.who.int/hinari/
Developing world institutions can access Cambridge healthcare journals online via this scheme, set up in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) of the United Nations.

INASP
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
http://www.inasp.info/
All Cambridge Journals are available through the PERI scheme administered by INASP. (PERI stands for Programme for Enhancement of Research Information.)

Journals Donation Project (JDP)
http://www.newschool.edu/centers/jdp/
Cambridge Journals in print form are available to developing countries through the JDP. There is a particular emphasis on countries that have suffered from political or economic deprivation.

OARE

Online Access to Research in the Environment

http://www.oaresciences.org/en/
Developing world institutions can access Cambridge environmental journals online via this scheme, set up in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).