The College's online journals, which include the British Journal of Psychiatry, the Psychiatric Bulletin and Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, are to become free to access, on a country by country basis, in developing countries. This will allow many of the poorest countries in the world to access vital scientific information free of charge on the internet. In a separate initiative, substantial discounts on subscription rates are being offered to institutions in these developing countries not on the free list, as part of the Electronic Information for Libraries project organised by the Soros Foundation. These are welcome developments. The College's actions parallel those of other leading [...]