Free Access initiative receives further funding boost
The charity's Free Access initiative to make more of its highly-respected
resources freely available has received a massive boost from the
Freemasons' Grand Charity, which has awarded the charity a £25,000 grant.
Down Syndrome Issues and Information books to be made freely available
online
The Freemasons' Grand Charity has awarded the charity a significant grant
of £25,000 to enable the charity to convert books in the world-renowned
Down Syndrome Issues and Information
series into version suitable for viewing online.
This grant has provided a major boost for the charity's
Free Access initiative
as it will allow the charity to offer these detailed, comprehensive and
up-to-date resources on its website for parents, professionals and
researchers around the world to access for free.
The charity has started work on converting the
Down Syndrome Issues and Information
books, and expects to publish the first of the books online over the
coming months.
This good news follows the charity's previous success in securing funding
from the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation to fund the conversion of
articles from its printed journals, which have
recently been published in Open
Access formats online.
The grant from the Freemasons' Grand Charity will fund the conversion of
the majority of the books in the Down Syndrome Issues and
Information series, but the charity is still seeking funds to enable
the conversion of the remaining books in the series.
The charity's Free Access initiative
Through its new Free Access initiative the charity
aims to share its accurate, reliable, up-to-date and evidence-based information
as widely as possible, to benefit the maximum number of beneficiaries worldwide.
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