| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Note |
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246). |
| Contents |
Executive summary -- Programme overview -- Project components and methodology -- The Southern African university context -- Scholarly communication policy landscape in Southern Africa -- Research and communication practices -- The SCAP implementation initiative -- Challenges, contradictions and opportunities -- Key findings -- Recommendations -- References. |
| Access |
Open Access Unrestricted online access |
| Summary |
African scholarly research is relatively invisible globally because even though research production on the continent is growing in absolute terms, it is falling in comparative terms. In addition, traditional metrics of visibility, such as the Impact Factor, fail to make legible all African scholarly production. Many African universities also do not take a strategic approach to scholarly communication to broaden the reach of their scholars' work. To address this challenge, the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) was established to help raise the visibility of African scholarship by mapping current research and communication practices in Southern African universities and by recommending and piloting technical and administrative innovations based on open access dissemination principles. To do this, SCAP conducted extensive research in four faculties at the Universities of Botswana, Cape Town, Mauritius and Namibia. |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- Africa, Southern.
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Universities and colleges. |
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Southern Africa. |
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Research -- Publishing -- Africa, Southern.
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Research. |
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Publishing. |
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Open access publishing -- Africa, Southern.
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Open access publishing. |
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Scholarly publishing -- Africa, Southern.
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Scholarly publishing. |
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Communication in learning and scholarship -- Technological innovations -- Africa, Southern.
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Communication in learning and scholarship -- Technological innovations. |
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Communication in learning and scholarship. |
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Communication in learning and scholarship -- Africa, Southern.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
King, Thomas (Research Assistant), author.
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Gray, Eve Horwitz, author.
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Willmers, Michelle, author.
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Kell, Catherine, author.
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University of Cape Town. Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme, issuing body.
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Project Muse, distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781920677510 |
| ISBN |
9781620677551 |
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9781920677510 |
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