Do You HINARI? Can You?

I learned a lot of things at this year’s AAA, but one which is short, simple and important is whether HINARI is working for anthropology. With the move to Wiley-Blackwell this year, part of the formal contractual agreement between the AAA and Wiley-Blackwell is that Anthrosource publications will be available under HINARI and the “Anthrosource Philanthropic Initiative.” If you are outside the US or Europe, please check the list of eligible countries to see if you should have access. If your country is listed, you should be able to get free or low-cost access through your non-profit institution. And if you know you have access to HINARI, we’d be interested to know if you have access to the Anthrosource catalog, and if you don’t let us (and Wiley Blackwell and the AAA know)! Hold these institutions to their promises.

Christopher Kelty does anthropological and historical research on science and technology, free and open source software, intellectual property and open access, the history of software, and the ethics and politics of nanotechnology. He also teaches classes about all of these things. From 2001 to 2008 he was assistant professor of anthropology at Rice University, in Houston, TX. He know teaches at UCLA and splits his time between the Information Studies department, the Anthropology Department and the Center for Society and Genetics.