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Open Content: A Practical Guide to Using Creative Commons Licences

Till Kreutzer

Bonn; Berlin; Köln: German Commission for UNESCO (DUK);Wikimedia Deutschland;North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz) (2014), 78 pp.

"With this publication, we intend to provide interested individuals and organisations with practical guidelines for the use and application of open content licences: How do open content licences work? How do I choose the most suitable licence for my individual needs? Where can I find open content on ... more

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"Good Information is in Short Supply": Kenyan Farmers and Their Assessment of Information on Agricultural Innovation

Christoph Spurk, Michael Schanne, Mureij Mak’Ochieng, Wilson Ugangu

Zürich: Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM);Multimedia University College of Kenya (MMU) (2013), 50 pp.

"This research project addressed specifically the information-seeking behaviour of small scale farming households in Kenya. It focused on how farmers are informed about innovation on new methods of increasing agricultural productivity, which is one of the main challenges for Africa's agriculture and ... more

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How to communicate research for policy influence. Toolkit No 3: Engage with media

Buenos Aires: CIPPEC (2013), 6 pp.

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Print Vs Electronic, and the ‘digital Revolution’ in Africa

Hans M. Zell

Lochcarron, Wester Ross: Hans Zell Publishing (2013), 30 pp.

"This article takes a critical look at the print vs digital debate in Africa, taking stock of the current position as it relates to electronic publishing and the use of electronic reading devices in (English-speaking) sub-Saharan Africa, and the rapidly changing publishing environment on the contine ... more

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Guide for Uncertainty Communication

Arthur Petersen, Peter Janssen, Jeroen van der Sluijs

The Hague: PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (2013), 26 pp.

"Dealing with uncertainty has been an important and distinct topic for PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (formerly MNP) and the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), in terms of analysis and communication. Acting responsibly with regard to this issue is ... important; particularly where policy analyses are concerned. Without adequate attention to the role and implications of uncertainty, the outcome of research and assessments may be of limited value and could result in incorrect policy decisions, with all the attendant consequences. However, the general public does not always appear in need of very detailed information in ‘documents full of subtle distinctions’. Consequently, information on uncertainty is not always considered relevant, understood, or even noticed. Thus, uncertainty remains an awkward issue and a challenge for the authors of policy reports. This Guide comprises hints and points of attention, as well as questions that researchers should try to answer when communicating about uncertainty (e.g. in written reports and presentations). It is not intended as a protocol; every situation is unique and demands its own approach. Thus, the Guide for Uncertainty Communication is intended to support the researcher/communicator in making well-considered choices. Communication on uncertainty regarding a particular study requires having a clear picture of why this communication is important and to whom it should be addressed. For this, the issues and concerns of the intended target audience(s) must be known, as well as all relevant uncertainties involved in the study and their possible effects on the results of the study. This involves serious reflection on certain topics, such as on where uncertainties originate, what significance and/or implications they have, if uncertainty may be reduced, on the context of the study, and on the manner in which uncertainty was dealt with in the study. The purpose of the study will strongly determine what uncertainty information would be relevant. For example, a study which primarily deals with the effects of policy measures will focus less on uncertainty about the severity of environmental problems than would be the case when a newly emerging environmental problem is explored. Addressing these questions, ideally, would provide a clear insight into all relevant aspects of uncertainty, which should be communicated effectively to the intended target audiences. This Guide is set up to support this process." (Preface, pages 4-5) more

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The Handbook of Journal Publishing
Key Guidance

Sally Morris, Ed Barnas, Douglas LaFrenier, Margaret Reich

Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2013), xii, 467 pp.

"The Handbook of Journal Publishing is a comprehensive reference work written by experienced professionals, covering all aspects of journal publishing, both online and in print. Journals are crucial to scholarly communication, but changes in recent years in the way journals are produced, financed, a ... more

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Salvaging the Records of Salvage Ethnography: The Story of the Digital Himalaya Project

Mark Turin

Book 2.0, volume 1, issue 1 (2012), pp. 39-46

"The Digital Himalaya Project is a collection, storage and dissemination portal for scholarly content and research findings about the Himalayan region. The project website connects a worldwide user community to a vast corpus of digital resources from or about India, Nepal, Bhutan and the Tibetan pla ... more

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After Action Review of INASP’s Communication Capacity Building Initiative for Seven ACACIA Partners

Enrique Mendizabal, Martine Zeuthen

International Development Research Centre (IDRC);International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2012), 22 pp.

"The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) was approached by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in December 2010 to provide research communication support to seven of the IDRC ACACIA programme’s research partners (PANAF, UHIN, GRACE, RIA, P ... more

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Global science journalism report: Working conditions & practices, professional ethos and future expectations

London: SciDevNet (2012), 38 pp.

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Advances in Knowledge Brokering in the Agricultural Sector: Towards Innovation System Facilitation

Laurens Klerks, Marc Schut, Cees Leeuwis, Catherine Kilelu

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 53-59

"The process of knowledge brokering in the agricultural sector, where it is generally called agricultural extension, has been studied since the 1950s. While agricultural extension initially employed research push models, it gradually moved towards research pull and collaborative research models. The ... more

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Introduction: Is Development Research Communication Coming of Age?

Blane Harvey, Tessa Lewin, Catherine Fisher

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 2-8

"In this article we reflect on three themes that highlight current trends in research communication for development and, in turn, shape this issue of the IDS Bulletin. We argue that shifts in the sociopolitical and theoretical context within which development research communication is being put into ... more

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Changing the Financial Landscape of Africa: An Unusual Story of Evidence-informed Innovation, Intentional Policy Influence and Private Sector Engagement

Simon Batchelor

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 84-90

"This article uses the Steven Framework to show the influence of research on the policies and practices of mobile money transfer and mobile phone-enabled payments in Africa. While it is a muchdiscussed subject, few people know the wider narrative by which products such as M-Pesa were intentionally c ... more

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New Perspectives on Strengthening Science Journalism in Developing Countries: Approach and First Results of the ‘SjCOOP’ Mentoring Project

Mbarga Gervais, Jan Lublinski, Jean-Marc Fleury

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 2 (2012), pp. 157-172

"Many different educational and training sessions focusing on science journalism have been offered to journalists in Africa in the past decades. However, there is still insufficient quality reporting on health, environment, technology and science. We propose a new, flexible and needs-oriented concep ... more

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Reframing Digital Storytelling as Co-creative

Lara Worcester

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 91-97

"This study of the digital storytelling (DST) project at the South Asia Hub of the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment Research Programme Consortium examines the capacity of DST practice to articulate women’s diverse experiences of empowerment, given the genre’s formalities and narrative guideline ... more

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Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access

Alma Swan

Paris: UNESCO (2012), 76 pp.

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Emerging Implications of Open and Linked Data for Knowledge Sharing in Development

Tim Davies, Duncan Edwards

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 117-127

"Movements towards open data involve the publication of datasets (from metadata on publications, to research, to operational project statistics) online in standard formats and without restrictions on reuse. A number of open datasets are published as linked data, creating a web of connected datasets. ... more

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Creating Killer Facts and Graphics

Oxfam (2012), 4 pp.

"‘Killer facts’ are those punchy, memorable, headline-grabbing statistics that make reports special. They cut through the technicalities to fire people up about changing the world. They are picked up and repeated endlessly by the media and politicians. They are known as ‘killer’ facts becaus ... more

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This Research does not Influence Policy

Patta Scott Villiers

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 25 -29

"This article concerns a study whose questions, methods and analytical conclusions were the work of a group of Karimojong in Uganda. Its report included text and photographs, plain language, direct voices and faces, and little theorising. When it was disseminated it appealed to local people and to a ... more

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Passing on the Hot Potato: Lessons from a Policy Brief Experiment

Penelope Beynon, Marie Gaarder, Christelle Chapoy, Edoardo Masset

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 68-75

"Research has potential to improve the lives of the world’s vulnerable people – if it is appropriately referred to in decision-making processes. While there is a significant industry of activity each year to communicate research findings, little systematic research has tested or compared the eff ... more

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Cartographers, Conciliators and Catalysts: Understanding the Communicative Roles of Researchers

Nicholas Benequista, Joanna Wheeler

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 45-52

"A review of case studies from a global, ten-year research project coordinated by the Institute of Development Studies suggests that previous efforts to understand the value of research for promoting social change has underappreciated the contribution of researchers as social actors. Researchers inh ... more

The Handbook of Journal Publishing Key Guidance

The Handbook of Journal Publishing
Key Guidance