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020 _a9781620677551
020 _z9781920677510
035 _a(OCoLC)887684165
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_cMdBmJHUP
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050 4 _aZ286.S37
_bT767 2014
100 1 _aTrotter, Henry,
_eauithor.
245 1 0 _aSeeking Impact and Visibility
_bScholarly Communication in Southern Africa /
_cHenry Trotter, Catherine Kell, Michelle Willmers, Eve Gray & Thomas King
264 1 _bProject Muse,
264 3 _bProject MUSE,
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages) :
_billustrations, maps
500 _aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-246).
505 0 _aExecutive 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.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 _aAfrican 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aUniversities and colleges
_zAfrica, Southern.
650 0 _aResearch
_xPublishing
_zAfrica, Southern.
650 0 _aOpen access publishing
_zAfrica, Southern.
650 0 _aScholarly publishing
_zAfrica, Southern.
650 0 _aCommunication in learning and scholarship
_xTechnological innovations
_zAfrica, Southern.
650 0 _aCommunication in learning and scholarship
_zAfrica, Southern.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aKing, Thomas
_c(Research Assistant),
_eauthor.
700 1 _aGray, Eve Horwitz,
_eauthor.
700 1 _aWillmers, Michelle,
_eauthor.
700 1 _aKell, Catherine,
_eauthor.
710 2 _aUniversity of Cape Town.
_bScholarly Communication in Africa Programme,
_eissuing body.
710 2 _aProject Muse,
_edistributor.
776 1 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781920677510
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/32990/
945 _aProject MUSE - 2014 Higher Education
945 _aProject MUSE - 2014 African Studies
945 _aProject MUSE - 2014 Complete
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