Edición electrónica, bibliotecas virtuales y portales para las ciencias sociales en América Latina y el Caribe

This book was prepared with materials used by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) for training social science editors and librarians within its network of 175 affiliated institutions in 21 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. In the first section of the book Peter Suber, responsible for the SPARC Open Access Newsletter (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, Washington), makes an introduction of the open access concept. In the following chapters Sally Morris from ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, Sussex) and Pippa Smart from INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, Oxford), provide guidance on aspects to consider when publishing a journal online. And Florencia Vergara Rossi, responsible of CLACSO´s virtual library platform, describes how to prepare PDF´s with open source software. LATINDEX (Indice Latinoamericano de Publicaciones Científicas Seriadas, México) provides quality control criteria for printed and digital journals. E-publications included in a website –as a simple list of links or within a digital library with search facilities- become visible for international users when portals index them. In the third part of the book are described the portals with more impact for social sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean: CLACSO, SciELO and Redalyc.