Bibliotheca Alexandrina signs agreement with Elsevier, for the provision of 1,800 scholarly journals.
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Alexandria, 16 March 2005—Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) has signed a three-years agreement with Elsevier, a world leading information provider, for the provision of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information that includes full access to all Elsevier electronic journals, the over 6 million articles via ScienceDirect, and to eight backfiles packages, including The Lancet.
By signing this agreement, BA is increasing its electronic collection by 1,800 titles of which the majority are high-impact, peer-reviewed journals, thus providing instant access to authoritative sources of scientific information in support of quality research.
“I am delighted that the Bibliotheca Alexandrina will be able to offer its users access to ScienceDirect. ScienceDirect is a very compelling product of scientific and scholarly journals and is considered one of the foremost databases in the field. We are excited that we can now meet the demand we’ve been hearing about from so many of our scientific community users and feel strongly that this database will greatly benefit them,” said Dr. Sohair Wastawy, Chief Librarian of the Library of Alexandria. “Being able to provide such access to so many of our users is a result of a strong partnership between Elsevier and BA.” Wastawy added.
For ScienceDirect, this agreement constitutes a breakthrough into the Egyptian market, as this is the first time for a library in Egypt to have full access to the entire content of ScienceDirect.
Headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier is a world leading multiple-media publisher of scientific, technical and health information products and services, with 7,000 employees in 73 locations around the globe.