Bioline InternationalIn the beginning -

Established 1993

Why? Academic community becoming restless about price increases; communications experience, international contacts; maybe could help distribution of research information

How?In collaboration with computer/biological group in Brazil who provided server and software development

Email only at first - slowLater gopher

Later WWW

What?15 journals/reports/newsletters

Bioline International

•1996 - 25 journals including commercial publications.Gradually improved formatting/access/functionality; incorporated links to public domain databases;discussion fora; demo papers; suppliers database;online-only journals …..

•1997 - set up the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development

•1998 - fewer commercial publications

- more journals from developing regions

•2000 - transferred management to University of Toronto at Scarborough

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Bioline International

- Commercial publishers came - and went

- Developing country publishers came and stayed

- Visibility steadily rising

- Technology moving forward with new developments

Part of the process ……...