The REPIDISCA coupons are utilized for the exchange of photocopies or scanned pages, vídeos and diskettes. Are accepted within the new work scheme of the Virtual Health Library and Environment - BVSA, being modernized toward an electronic management, but will follow as reference of payment the unit "copy".

The coupons in printed form, can continue to circulate, but is recommended sending them to CEPIS for its conversion to the electronic system.

They are granted as symbolic reward to the work that does each Center, in accordance with the following table:   

By: Equivalence:
  • 1 bibliographic record with summary
10 copies
    1 bibliographic record without summary
5 copies

  • 1 file of full text without restrictions of copyright. Send the file to CEPIS.

20 copies

  • 1 institution or specialist
5 copies

  • 1 journal title
5 copies

  • 1 announcement of meeting, course, etc.
5 copies

  • 1 announcement of meeting, course with detailed information

10 copies

  • 1 legislation in full text under BVSLeg
20 copies

  • 1 record for Localizer of information (others WWW and educational material). Without summary
5 copies

  • 1 record for Localizer of information (others WWW and educational material). With summary
  • 10 copies

    • 1 news

    5 copies

    The coupons are reusable, with circulation similar to money. The coupons will never be exchanged for money. There are coupons equivalent to 5, 10, 25, and 50 photocopies.

    For the new electronic system, there are also applied these characteristic, including can have a negative account "overdraft" that will be analyzed in every case.

    In the traditional system the coupons are attached to the requests of document reproduction; there does not exist any special form.

    PFor the electronic system, the National Coordinating Centers and the Cooperating Center that receive the service and accept it, should send CEPIS copy of its acknowledgment of receipt, with the number of "copies" and Center to which it is necessary to pay them.

    The lower denomination coupon is of five copies, so the number of coupons should be rounded as follows:     

    • Number under 3 round to 0.
    • Equal or greater to 3 to round to 5.

    Example:

    If he requests:

    • Document of 17 pages, send coupons by 15 copies.
    • Document of 18 pages; send coupons by 20 copies.

    The coupons include the shipment by air mail. The amount for fax or courier should be paid according to the rate of the country.

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