International Coalition of Library Consortia

Biblioteca Electrónica de Ciencia y Tecnología de la República Argentina (BE - MINCYT)
Website: http://www.biblioteca.mincyt.gov.ar

Brief description

The Argentinian Science & Technology Electronic Library was created in December 2002, by Resolution No. 253/2002, as a result of a mutual agreement with Brazil, according to the Law No 25467 of Science, Technology & Innovation.

It is dependent on the Subsecretariat of Institutional Coordination, part of the Ministry of Science, Technology & Productive Innovation, and an Advisory Board has the responsibility of advising the Ministry and the "Consejo Interinstitucional de Ciencia y Técnica" (CICYT) in everything concerning the Library's operation and selection of contents.

It is basically a web site that offers access through the internet to full texts of electronic books, scientific & technological journals, referential data bases, abstracts, and other bibliographical information -national and international- concerning every subject of interest related to Science & Technology.

The service is available to researchers, teachers, students and authorized officials of Public Universities and Science & Technology Institutions all around our country.

Legal structure

Government-supported

Primary functions

• Electronic content licensing
• Electronic content loading/presentation
• Training

Number and type of member libraries

57 libraries from national scientific and technological organizations, as well as universitise

Last updated May 2009

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