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Guía para la comunicación y difusión de resultados de investigaciones
La Paz: Fundación PIEB (2007), viii, 151 pp.
African Scholarly Publishing Essays
Oxford; Uppsala: African Books Collective; International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP); Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (2006), 273 pp.
"This volume grew out of a seminar on scholarly publishing held in Arusha, Tanzania in 2002. It was originally announced for publication as The African Scholarly Writers and Publishers Handbook, as a sequel to the much acclaimed African Writers’ Handbook published by African Books Collective in 19
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Scoping Study: Monitoring and Evaluation of Research Communications
London: Healthlink Worldwide (2006), 30 pp.
African Journals Online (AJOL): A Second Internal Evaluation, 2003-2005
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2006), 40 pp.
"A second evaluation of the African Journals Online (AJOL) project http://www.ajol.info/, which examines the development and status of the project since the last evaluation in 2002 to the end of 2005, and when it was handed over to African management, NISC South Africa Ltd. It aims to provide partic
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Getting Started in Electronic Journal Publishing
Key Guides
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), 5th ed. (2006), 25 pp.
"The 5th edition of a popular guide that provides an overview of the potentials and pitfalls of electronic journal publishing. While not specifically written for an African audience, it is an excellent resource for African journal editors and publishers who are contemplating switching to an electron
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Report on a Strategic Approach to Research Publishing in South Africa
Pretoria: Academy of Science of South Africa (2006), 168 pp.
"Commissioned by the Department of Science and Technology of the government of South Africa, this is a major study of the present state of research publishing policy and practice in South Africa. The goal of the six-chapter report is to help to "develop and maintain a robust national system of innov
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Getting into the kitchen: Media strategies for research
London: Panos London (2006), 13 pp.
"In the words of a South African researcher, the media can help research become linked to policy processes by “getting you into the kitchen, being part of the soup-making”. This paper explores the roles the media play and looks at the linkages between policy, research and media. It considers som
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"An informal network composed of representatives from a number of UK organisations concerned about the impact of research on the reality of poverty convened a workshop on 5-6 September 2006. The objectives of the workshop were to mobilise a wider group of organisations working in the field of resear
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Working with the Media: A Guide for Researchers
London: Panos London (2006), 13 pp.
Open Access Publishing: A Developing Country View
First Monday, vol. 11, nr. 6 (2006)
"This paper presents the experience with open access (OA) publishing by researchers in an academic research institution (The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus) in a developing country — Trinidad and Tobago. It describes the two parallel but complimentary paths for authors to
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Understanding Digital Libraries
Oxford: Elsevier, 2nd ed. (2005), xxxi, 424 pp.
Communicating Food Policy Research: A Guidebook
Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2005), vii, 159 pp.
"This manual aims to help researchers enhance their communication skills and encourages them to think about the potential audiences for and beneficiaries of their research at the inception of every project. The manual highlights principles and procedures that have proven successful in presenting res
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Open Access Publishing and Scholary Societies: A Guide
New York: Open Society Institute (2005), 34 pp.
"This guide has a limited scope. It is meant to help scholarly societies – and small publishers – assess the options available to them for the future of their journal publishing programmes. Though the option of keeping the status quo of subscription-based journals is discussed, the focus is on c
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