SPIE announces three-year “Read and Publish” agreement with CNUDST
BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA — SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, is pleased to announce a three-year "Read and Publish" agreement with the Centre National Universitaire de Documentation Scientifique et Technique (CNUDST).
The agreement, which began on 1 January, gives all authors at affiliated academic and research institutions in Tunisia read access to all SPIE journals and proceedings, and unlimited open-access publishing in all SPIE journals with no article-processing fees.
The SPIE Digital Library comprises more than 530,000 publications covering topical areas ranging from biomedical optics and neuroscience, to physics and astronomy-related technology.
"We are very excited that researchers in Tunisia now have access to research and unlimited open-access publishing in the SPIE Digital Library," noted SPIE International Sales and Subscription Manager Andy Wallis. "This agreement will add greater visibility for authors and their work."
About CNUDST
The CNUDST's essential mission is to:
• Provide information and scientific and technical documentation for researchers, wherever their domain of activity might be.
• Collect, process, and circulate production and results of scientific research and of technological development undertaken in or about Tunisia.
• Allow easy access to holdings record, covering an important part of scientific and technological research worldwide.
• Practice documentary monitoring.
About SPIE
SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, an educational not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advance light-based science, engineering, and technology. The Society serves more than 258,000 constituents from 184 countries, offering conferences and their published proceedings, continuing education, books, journals, and the SPIE Digital Library. In 2020, SPIE provided over $5 million in community support including scholarships and awards, outreach and advocacy programs, travel grants, public policy, and educational resources. www.spie.org.
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