OARE: Online Access to Research in the Environment

Online Access to Research in the Environment, or OARE, is much more than a website. It is what Library Journal calls “information philanthropy” and represents the combined efforts of many people and organizations both public and private. Sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Yale University, OARE offers free or very low‐cost peer‐reviewed journal literature to researchers in developing nations. The program began in October 2006, modeling itself after HINARI (Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative) and AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture). First to be invited to participate were 72 Band 1 countries,...