The University of Amsterdam, Technical University Delft, Utrecht

University, Technical University Eindhoven, and University of Twente are

participating in the Dutch consortium UKB, and licensing IDEAL

(<http://www.idealibrary.com>). UKB stands for Samenwerkende Nederlandse

Wetenschappelijke Bibliotheken (Cooperating Dutch Research Libraries).

Swets Blackwell and the National and University Library of Iceland have

coordinated a multi-publisher license, delivering access to IDEAL and

other online resources to everyone with Web connectivity in Iceland - with

a population around 285,000.

Massey University and University of Waikato in New Zealand have joined the

IDEAL license for CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians), as

did New Zealand's University of Auckland earlier in 2001.

Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Russia have joined the list of IDEAL

licensees. The 208 Russian institutes in the RFBR (Russian Foundation for

Basic Research) consortium have signed an APPEAL following completion of a

one-year trial license with IDEAL.

2. MORE NATIONS LICENSE IDEAL CHARTER

Sudan, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia are

receiving IDEAL Charter licenses, and joining Senegal - the first country

to gain a charter license. The IDEAL Charter for Low-Income Countries is

Academic Press' philanthropic licensing program, offering the world's

poorest nations reduced-rate access to all IDEAL journals. To meet the

cost of a charter license, available directly from AP, nations including

Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia are working with

funding and support groups such as INASP (International Network for the

Availability of Scientific Publications). Independently signing an IDEAL

charter license is Khartoum University, sponsoring IDEAL access throughout

Sudan.

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excerpts from IDEALWorld, 2001: Issue 4, now online in

PDF and HTML at <http://www.idealibrary.com/news/idworld.jsp>