SADC Database (2)
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"...the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is currently in the
process of establishing a Database/Directory of Social Science Re-
search Institutions and Universities within the SADC region."
It seems to me that the wheel is invented over and over again: at the
moment the MRC at Tygerberg (Dept.of Informatics and Communication, Dr.
Koos Louw and collegues, <jalouw@eagle.mrc.ac.za> is working at a very
impressive database set-up for South Africa (building a National Health
Research Information System, NHRIS), intending to do exactly what you
are proposing.
"The Database/Directory will be easily accessible via the internet
and will be published at a later stage. It may be used as a vital
Networking tool for academics/researchers/scientists..."
For an international approach: take a look at http://www.shared.de in
which I am involved myself. This is an internet-based communication-
tool, which a database of projects, people and institutes as a back-
bone. It is maintained and managed in a decentralised way by scientists
and "National Focal Points" themselves. A quick view showed me that we
have listed at this moment for South Africa the contact-details of 123
institutes and 227 people. SHARED is in close contact with officials
and scientists in SA, Zimbabwe and many other countries.
Best regards,
Jan van't Land
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Medical Council
Organisation for The Advancement of Tropical Research
P.O. Box 93138
2509 AC Den Haag, The Netherlands
Tel: +31-70-344-0603
Fax: +31-70-385-0971
mailto:land@nwo.nl (work)
mailto:land@homemail.com (private)
http://www.nwo.nl
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