Browsing by Subject "publishing"

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    Case study: Feminist Africa
    (2009-02-28) Gray, Eve; Willmers, Michelle
    This case study describes the use of ICTs in the publication of a journal, Feminist Africa, in the context of an academic department at the University of Cape Town. The journal is of particular interest, because, being situated in the African Gender Institute (AGI), it provides insights into challenges and opportunities that are faced when a university unit takes on the role of journal publisher. This case study is enriched by the fact that the journal aims to pull together the research dimensions of the AGI’s interests in the development of curriculum and teaching materials for African feminist studies in the context of its outreach work through the GWS African feminist network. The case study reveals the difficulties faced by volunteer editors in a university departmental context. While the journal received donor support, the main difficulty transpires as the lack of support from the university for publishing activities. This leads to a level of ‘invisibility’ except when it comes to bureaucratic control and to levels of overwork in dedicated staff trying to juggle multiple roles.
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    Case study: South African Review of Sociology
    (2009-02-28) Gray, Eve; Willmers, Michelle
    This case study describes the use of ICTs in the publication of a scholarly society journal, the South African Review of Sociology, in a context in which the Scientific Editor is a senior member of an academic department at the University of Cape Town. It provides insights into the challenges and opportunities that are faced in society publishing in a South African context.and explores the problems faced when editorship of a journal is held by a senior academic who receives little or no institutional support in the publishing endeavour. The case study reveals the difficulties faced by small society publishers struggling to ensure the survival of established journals that represent significant knowledge capital, but which are undermined by an environment characterised by a lack of national and institutional support for scholarly publishing; rapid technological development; shrinking library budgets and increasing international competition.
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    Case study: UCT Press
    (2009-07-31) Gray, Eve; Willmers, Michelle
    The University of Cape Town (UCT) Press was established in 1994. The modern-day university press presents an interesting mix of challenges and conflicting agendas. The OpeningScholarship project chose UCT Press as a subject for case study in the hope that an examination of the operations and dynamics of such a press would throw some light on the tensions inherent in the academic publishing exercise. UCT Press is unique among South African university presses in that it is owned by a private company – namely, Juta and Company Ltd. Private ownership of a university press which enjoys a close, synergistic relationship with its parent institution is not unique in the global academic context, but it does present interesting challenges in terms of commercial and non-commercial entities working side by side, often with very different markers of success.
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    DOT4D UCT Open Textbook Conversation: Part 2
    (Digital Open Textbooks for Development, 2020-12) Cox, Glenda; Willmers, Michelle; Masuku, Bianca
    In this presentation, the DOT4D team presents an informal webinar in which it shares insights gained relating to the project’s social justice research focus and the trends emerging in the various open textbook development and publishing processes undertaken by lecturers and students at UCT.
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    Open textbook authorship, quality assurance and publishing: Social justice models of participatory design, engagement, co-creation and partnership
    (Digital Open Textbooks for Development, 2022-06) Masuku, Bianca; Cox, Glenda
    This is a presentation that was given by the DOT4D team as part of the CHED seminar series in June 2022. The presentation demonstrates how academics at UCT are embarking on open textbook initiatives in response to a largely mutual set of social injustices they witness in their classrooms related to affordable access, curriculum transformation and multilingualism. With a focus on student co-creation and inclusion, it presents models that address social (in)justice in the classroom and explores ways in which institutions can address sustainability in order to support open textbook development activity.
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    Open textbook authorship, quality assurance and publishing: Social justice models of participatory design, engagement, co-creation and partnership
    (Digital Open Textbooks for Development, 2022-05) Cox, Glenda; Masuku, Bianca; Willmers, Michelle
    A presentation by the DOT4D project for the OE Global Conference held in Nantes, France on the 23-25 May 2022 on collaborative open textbook development models at UCT.
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    Open Textbooks for Curriculum Change and Student Co-Creation: Collaborative models of open textbook production and student co-creation (Workshop 2)
    (Digital Open Textbooks for Development, 2022-09) Cox, Glenda; Willmers, Michelle; Masuku, Bianca
    This is the second of two workshop presentations by the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative team as part of the Siyaphumelela Workshop Series in September 2022. This session introduced participants to practical ways in which to initiate open textbook production and engage students in authorship, quality assurance and publishing processes.
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    Publishing an academic book
    (Digital Open Textbook for Development, 2021-05) Willmers, Michelle
    There are an increasing number of online book authoring and publishing platforms which can be used free of charge. These platforms present new innovative and more open, inclusive ways of publishing scholarly content, but pose challenges around quality assurance and sustainability. This presentation will highlight some of the publishing approaches being adopted at UCT, the quality assurance strategies employed and considerations around institutional support and longevity.
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    Publishing an academic book
    (Digital Open Textbooks for Development, 2023-08) Willmers, Michelle
    This is a presentation created by Publishing and Implementation Manager, Michelle Willmers, for the Emerging Researcher Programme in August 2023.
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    Publishing an academic book
    (Digital Open Textbooks for Development, 2024-11) Willmers, Michelle
    This is a presentation by the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative's Publishing Manager, Michelle Willmers, for the Emerging Researcher Programme in November 2024.
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    Publishing in the Open
    (30th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities, 2017-07-05) Czerniewicz, Laura
    This presentation explores the need for, rationale behind and difficulties of publishing in Open Access journals and other open distributive platforms. It was presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities
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    ‘Roadmap’ for Open Textbook Development
    (Digital Open Textbooks for Development, 2022-05) Willmers, Michelle
    A presentation by Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) Publishing and Implementation Manager, Michelle Willmers, to the Nelson Mandela University 'Open Textbook Fellowship' Community in May 2022.
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    The Van Riebeeck Society's journey: The origins and destination of the Van Riebeeck Society, 1918-2004
    (2005) Phillips, Howard
    Recognizing that the 86-year old Van Riebeeck Society for the Publication of South African Historical Documents is sui generis in South Africa, as a long-existing cultural organization dedicated solely to the publication of primary historical documents, this article investigates its origins, output and strategy for continued existence. The article locates the Society's origin in the ethos of white nation-building accompanying the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910. Keen to establish the historical pedigree of the (white) nation, supporters of the idea sought to publicize its heritage and history. After attempts to publish primary source material on the latter were initially unable to secure financial backing from the hard-pressed Union Government, recourse was instead had to the South African Public Library as a publishing body; however, when the second volume in its historical publishing series drew sharp political flak, this task was shifted to the new Van Riebeeck Society which was specifically set up in 1918 for this purpose. Since then, it has published 88 volumes containing rich original source material on southern Africa. The article analyses the nature of these 88 volumes and concludes that they represent a narrow conception of South African history, topically, chronologically, linguistically and authorially. How this conception is nowadays being broadened is the focus of the final section of the article.