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"Electronic publishing has been heralded as a worldwide solution to information dissemination. This article considers the problems experienced by traditional journals published in the developing world, with particular reference to those published in sub-Saharan Africa. The opportunities offered by e ... more

Communicating in the Information Society

Geneva: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) (2003), 223 pp.
"The contribution in this book cast a spotlight into dark, often neglected, corners of the "information society" as articulated in the World Summit on the Information Society. Several very different layers are illuminated, from the philosophical underpinnings of the role of information in society, t ... more

African Journals Online (AJOL): An Internal Evaluation, 2000-2002

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2003), 15 pp.
"An internal evaluation of the African Journals Online (AJOL) project following the first three years of the full programme, aimed at discovering the overall impact of AJOL and how the service might be improved. The main objectives of the evaluation were to find out (i) whether the results of resear ... more

Gaining Independence: A Manual for Planning the Launch of a Nonprofit Electronic Publishing Venture

Washington, DC: Scholary Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) (2002), 60 pp.

A Guidebook on Journal Publishing for Agriculture and Rural Development

Maritza Hee Huong; Paul Neate; Paul Stapleton (contrib.)
Oxford; Wageningen: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP);Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2001), xiv, 99 pp.
"One in a series of guidebooks and training manuals for journal editors in developing countries that are active in the field of agriculture and rural development. They aim to assist editors to improve their publishing operations, and provide more effective communication of the scholarship and the re ... more

The Electronic African Bookworm: A Web Navigator

Oxford: African Books Collective, 2nd revised ed. (2000), xii, 238 pp.
This extensive links section offers over 1,500 links, most with short descriptions, highlighting those Web sites and resources that are recommended as good starting points for African writers, scholars and the book professions in Africa. In addition it offers a substantial number of not Africa-speci ... more
"A collection of papers on academic journal publishing and scholarly communication in Africa, which aims to provide a better understanding of the nature, role, current status, and future prospects of journals in the African context. Papers address issues such as the challenges of editing scholarly j ... more

A Handbook of Good Practice in Journal Publishing

London; Oxford: International African Institute;African Books Collective, 2nd revised ed. (1998), xiv, 173 + approx. 50 pp.
"This handbook covers most aspects of journals publishing and journals management, but special emphasis is put on systems management, subscription fulfilment, financial control, and effective marketing and distribution, including a chapter on journals marketing on the internet. It also includes a se ... more
"Un útil directorio con informaciones detalladas de cerca de 250 revistas de comunicación y cultura de 22 países. La recopilación a cargo de la oficina de Lima de la Unión Latina contó con la colaboración de la 'Red Iberoamericana de Revistas de Comunicación y Cultura." (commbox)

The Iowa Guide: Scholarly Journals in Mass Communication and Related Fields

Iowa City: University of Iowa, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, 5th ed. (1993), 164 pp.