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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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Wissenschaftliches elektronisches Publizieren: Chancen zur Förderung des wissenschaftsgestützten Publikationsmodells in der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2005), 83 pp.
"Neue Entwicklungen im Bereich der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) bieten die Möglichkeit, den freien Zugang (open access) zu Informationen physisch zu erleichtern und neue Systeme und Netzwerke wissenschaftlicher und technologischer Innovationen zu etablieren. Insbesondere im Be
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E-Publishing in Developing Economies
Canadian Journal of Communication, volume 29, issue 3 (2004), pp. 329-341
"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
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Digital Publishing and Open Access for Social Science Research Dissemination: A Case Study
Cape Town: Eve Gray & Associates (2004), 25 pp.
"Charts the planning and implementation of a digital publishing programme over a three-year period at the Human Sciences Research Council, a large South African social science research body. The case study is contextualised in the need to overcome the digital divide to give African scholars a real v
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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
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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
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Guide to Business Planning for Launching a New Open Access Journal
New York: Open Society Institute, 2nd ed. (2003), 66 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
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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
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A Handbook of Good Practice in Journal Publishing
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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
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Knowledge Dissemination in Africa: The Role of Scholary Journals
Oxford: Bellagio Publishing Network (1998), viii, 140 pp.
"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
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Repertorio de revistas latinas de comunicación y cultura
Lima: Unión Latina (1994), 598 pp.
"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)
