Philippine eLib

Background Information
The Philippine eLib project is one of the first eleven government funded projects through the
Information Technology and E-Commerce Council (ITECC) now Commission on Information
and Communication Technology (CICT).
Conceptualized in the middle part of 2003 through the efforts of the Undersecretary of DOST,
Hon. Fortunato T. dela Pena.
In December 2003, the Project Proposal gained the approval of the Council.
Total budget for the implementation of the Project was PhP166,770,000.00 for the period of one
year.
The Project was officially launched when the heads of the participating agencies convened and
signed the MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) on February 4, 2004.
Organizational Structure
Five government agencies which were represented during the initial meetings are:

National Library of the Philippines;

University of the Philippines;

Commission on Higher Education;

Department of Science and Technology; and

Department of Agriculture.

Each agency is represented in the Steering Committee. Steering Committee sets the policies and
decisions for the Project.
Project has six components which are interrelated. A team leader is appointed to each
component.
Each participating agency is represented in the six components. The National Library of the
Philippines is the Project Management Office (PMO) with the Director as the Manager.
Policies and guidelines were laid down by the Project Management Committee composed of
Team leaders with the Project Manager as Chair after which the same were submitted to the
Steering Committee for its approval.
Objectives of the Project

To provide access to information to citizens for life-long learning;

To enrich local content in digital format for community and global access;

To build local capabilities and expertise in the creation and generation of digital
information sources;

To provide library and information services network to academic and government

institutions for optimum use of resources;

To promote and accelerate the exchange of knowledge resources among various sectors
of society, including regional and international users; and

To establish a mechanism of income generation and other means to sustain the eLibrary.

Salient Features of the Project

Creation and integration of "critical mass" for the eLibrary infrastructure and services;

Project is based on current Systems and existing network of participants;

Emphasis on Philippine materials for content build-up in all formats;

Cooperative acquisition and shared access to e-databases;

Provision of local nodes with access to existing local facilities for better public access;

Provision of training and skills development to the network staff; and

Income generation for sustainability.

http://www.elib.gov.ph/index.php?id=1

Philippine Ejournals
The Philippine E-Journals is an expanding collection of academic journals that are made
accessible globally through a single Web-based platform. It is hosted by C&E Publishing, Inc., a
premier educational publisher in the Philippines and a leader in the distribution of integrated
information-based solutions.

C&E Publishing, Inc.

C&E is one of the Philippines' leading developer, publisher, and provider of globally-competitive
educational resources and solutions for the academic and professional markets. It provides
innovative and top-quality textbooks, trade books, reference books, and other instructional
materials, in both print and digital forms.
KITE E-LEARNING SOLUTIONS, INC.
KITE E-Learning Solutions, Inc. designs and develops various forms of digital publications,
educational resources, and e-learning programs for academic and corporate organizations. Our
organization is committed to research-based methodologies that effectively integrate
authoritative content with cutting-edge technologies. We employ digital publishing and
multimedia development solutions that yield flexible, scalable, reusable, and future-proof
products.

http://ejournals.ph/index.php

U.P. Diliman Journals Online

The University of the Philippines (U.P.) Diliman Journals Online is a free online service exclusively offered to U.P. Diliman journals.
It aims to gather all the U.P. Diliman journals in a single repository; widen their dissemination and visibility online; and provide journal
editors with a convenient means of implementing the editorial process.
The U.P. Diliman Journals Online or UPDJOL is a project managed by the Research Dissemination and Utilization Office of the Office
of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development (RDUO-OVCRD) at U.P. Diliman. For inquiries, comments, and suggestions,
please contact RDUO-OVCRD at (+63 2) 436-8720, (+63 2) 9272568 or at research.dissemination1@upd.edu.ph

http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/index/index

Columbia University Library

Columbia University Libraries is one of the top five academic research libraries in North
America. The collections include over 13 million volumes, over 160,000 journals and serials, as
well as extensive electronic resources, manuscripts, rare books, microforms, maps, and graphic
and audio-visual materials. The Libraries employs more than 400 staff members and hosts over
4.7 million visitors each year.
Our library facilities offer gathering places to pursue scholarly research, to learn about and use
information technology, to write, to study, and to draw on the rich collections of print and
electronic resources. Our newly redesigned information discovery system, CLIO, provides a

single point of service, integrating many previously disparate sources of information. Our Digital
Centers, the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship and the Copyright Advisory
Office focus on the purposeful use of technology in learning and teaching on partnering with
researchers and scholars to share new knowledge and on addressing the relationship between
copyright law and the work of the University.
It is our goal at the Libraries to provide excellent service to students and faculty that will
advance their research, teaching, and learning and to support library users anytime and
anywhere. The Libraries are moving in a number of exciting directions. Learn more about our
Strategic Directions process, the signature initiative of Ann Thornton in her first year as our Vice
Provost and University Librarian

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge Journals Online offers access to a multidisciplinary collection of over 360 leading
journals, including over 200 published on behalf of learned and professional societies. In 2016,
an additional 24 journals were added to Cambridge Journals Online across Humanities, Social
Sciences and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Cambridge Journals are recognized globally for their quality, scope and editorial integrity. Many
are the leading journals in their fields and together they form one of the most valuable and
comprehensive collections of research available today.

Subject Coverage
Cambridge Journals Online covers a broad range of subjects across the humanities, social
sciences and science. Key areas include: applied science, environment and conservation,
agriculture, neuroscience and biomedicine, history, area studies, language and linguistics, and
political science and international relations.
Key Features

The Complete Collection includes access to over 360 online journals for 2016, including
back files

Smaller subject-focused packages are also available (number of journals correct as at

December 2015):
o Humanities and Social Sciences Collection 235 journals
o Science, Technology and Medicine Collection 159 journals
o Medical Collection - 70 journals

24 new journals are available in 2016. New Journal society publishing partners in 2016
in Hunanities & Social Sciences include: Society of Architectural Historians of Great
Britain (SAHGB), Art Libraries Society (ARLIS), Canadian Linguistic
Association/lAssociation canadienne de linguistique, Race, Ethnicity and Politics
Section of APSA and Ecclesiastical History Society. In STM this includes journals on
behalf of the Applied Probability Trust, Nagoya University, The University of Arizona
and the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Free access to back issues (not including the Digital Archive) for the duration of the deal
- for most journals these files extend back to 1997

Almost 60% of titles are indexed by Thomson Reuters - 161 journals are indexed in the
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and the Science Citation Index (SCI) with a further
46 titles indexed only in the Arts & Humanities Index

Behavioral and Brain Sciences is placed top of the entire Social Sciences Citation Index
(SSCI)

American Political Science Review, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Journal of Economic
History, World Politics, and Microscopy & Microanalysis are all ranked number 1 in their
categories

Powerful search engine, which provides full-text searching throughout the database, and
offers the advantages of Boolean searching

Access via Athens and Shibboleth as well as via IP address

A mobile version (which also requires less bandwidth) is now available

COUNTER 3 compliant usage statistics

Citation links to CrossRef, PubMed and Google Scholar

Perpetual access to paid for content

All content is with OCLC to ensure long term availability - agreements are due with
PORTICO

Excellent quality and value as shown by the 2008 LISU Pricing and Quality Survey
journals from Cambridge University Press were found to have the lowest median prices
per impact factor for the majority of the period surveyed (2000-6), as well as the lowest
monetary price increases year on year

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/login

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