Duke University Press participates in INASP's PERI initiative

[Kim Steinle <ksteinle@dukeupress.edu>]

For immediate release:
December 15, 2006

For more information:
Kimberly Steinle, Duke University Press Library Relations Manager
libraryrelations@dukeupress.edu

Duke University Press participates in INASP's PERI initiative to 
provide online journals content to the developing world.

Duke University Press is pleased to announce its support of the 
International Network for the Availability of Scientific 
Publications' (INASP) Programme for the Enhancement of Research 
Information (PERI), an initiative dedicated to increasing access 
to knowledge in the developing world. Beginning in 2007, all Duke 
University Press journals content will be made available online 
at heavily subsidized rates to selected institutions in the 
developing world that meet INASP qualifications for 
participation.

"We are thrilled to welcome Duke University Press to the growing 
number of publishers who support access to information for 
developing and transitional countries via the PERI program," said 
Lucy Barton, head of information delivery at INASP. "There is an 
increased recognition of the vital role that information and 
knowledge can play in development. The cooperation we have with 
publishers and our international network of partners means 
sustainable routes to research materials continue to be 
established."

"PERI's commitment to the dissemination of knowledge in the 
developing world is a natural extension of our mission as a 
university press," stated Kimberly Steinle, Duke University Press 
library relations manager. "We are proud to participate in PERI 
by offering online access to Duke journals at greatly reduced 
rates to developing countries."

About INASP

An international nonprofit development charity with programs 
dedicated to capacity building in the research sector of 
developing and transitional countries, INASP has been 
establishing access to information and providing support and 
training to the developing world since 1999. One of its many 
programs, PERI supports research by facilitating access to global 
information and supporting publication of in-country research 
findings. It also provides information skills training for 
researchers, practitioners, librarians, and publishers.

About Duke University Press

Duke University Press publishes approximately 100 books annually 
and more than 30 periodicals in a wide range of disciplines 
within the humanities and sciences. We are proud to be a leading 
publisher in the fields of cultural theory and cultural studies. 
The press also offers the e-Duke Scholarly Collection, a set of 
29 humanities and social science journals hosted online by 
HighWire Press.

For further information about PERI and other INASP programs, 
please visit www.inasp.info. For further information about Duke 
University Press journals and the press's involvement in PERI, 
please visit www.dukeupress.edu/library.

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