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Welcome to e-Math for Africa!
The aim of this site is to coordinate the efforts to make an African consortium for e-journals and databases.
Do you think that your country would be interested to take part in this consortium, please contact Anders Wandahl, and give names of persons who might be contacts. We have tried to get at least one mathematician, one librarian and one computer specialist as contacts.
Access to Zentralblatt MATH for developing countries
Following a suggestion from the EMS president, Ari Laptev, Springer Verlag and FIZ-Karlsruhe have decided to give free access to the bibliographic database Zentralblatt MATH for developing countries. This offer is initially valid for a limited time (2-3 years) and will then be evaluated.
Zentralblatt MATH is one of two major reference databases in mathematics, and is an extremely valuable tool when looking for references to journal articles in specific areas in mathematics. Anyone interested should contact Anders Wandahl - anders@golonka.se - in order to arrange for access.
Statistical Pan African Society (SPAS) Bulletins published!
We are pleased to inform you that the SPAS bulletins are available online on the site:
www.statpas.net
French version
English version
Rendez-vous in the bulletin for discussions and fruitful exchanges!
SPAS Coordinator /2009-01-15
Delta College supports Kenyan math departments
Professor Jack Crowell and Delta College (USA) is supporting the Kenyan universities Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and Moi University in paying the subscription fees for the bibliographic database MathSciNet. Professor Crowell received the "Spirit of King" award 2005 for "his continued efforts to support the College’s sister school in Kenya and his long-time mathematics work with area disadvantaged youth."
Statistical Pan African Society (SPAS)
All African statisticians are encouraged to participate in the making of the new Statistical Pan African Society.
Details can be found on the SPAS web site http://www.ufrsat.org/spas/
Mentoring African Research in Mathematics
This project proposes to pilot a mentoring relationship between mathematicians in countries with a strong mathematical infrastructure and their African colleagues, together with their students. Its sharpest focus is on cultivating longer-term mentoring relations between individual mathematicians and students.
Details can be found on the LMS web site http://www.lms.ac.uk/grants/nuffield_scheme.html
European math departments support African colleagues
In a recent established scheme European math departments are supporting a fellow African counterpart in providing funds for the bibliographic math database MathSciNet. If your department would like to join this project, please send an email to anders@golonka.se.
The supporting department undertakes to sponsor the African department for 3 to 5 years, and the annual cost is USD 100-400 depending on country. The supporting department is invoiced directly from the AMS via email.
The following African math departments have support as follows:
Univ. of Asmara, Eritrea - courtesy of Uppsala Univ, Sweden
Univ. des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon - courtesy of Stockholm Univ, Sweden
Univ. of Malawi, Malawi - courtesy of Royal Inst of Technology, Sweden
Univ. de Niamey, Niger - courtesy of Chalmers/Göteborg Univ, Sweden
Univ. of Khartoum, Sudan - courtesy of Umeå Univ, Sweden
Univ. de N'Djamena - courtesy of Lund Univ, Sweden
Email alert
If you would like to be sent an email alert with news about access to databases and journals, please register your email address below, and click OK.
Anders Wändahl
Email: anders@golonka.se
Feb 12th, 2008
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