Access to Africa's knowledge: publishing development research and measuring value

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dc.contributor.authorGray, Eveen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-28T14:08:24Z
dc.date.available2014-10-28T14:08:24Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper reviews, critically, the discourse of research publication policy and the directives of the regional and global organisations that advise African countries with respect to their relevance to African scholarly communication. What emerges is a readiness to use the concepts and language of the public good, making claims for the power of technology to resolve issues of African development. However, when it comes to implementing scholarly publication policies, this vision of technological power and development-focused scientific output is undermined by a reversion to a conservative research culture that relies on competitive systems for valuing and accrediting scholarship, predicated upon the systems and values managed by powerful global commercial publishing consortia. The result is that the policies put in place to advance African research effectively act as an impediment to ambitions for a revival of a form of scholarship that could drive continental growth. While open access publishing models offer solutions to the marginalisation of African research, the paper argues that what is also needed is a re-evaluation of the values that underpin the of scholarly publishing, to better align with the continent's articulated research goals.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGray, E. (2010). Access to Africa's knowledge: publishing development research and measuring value. <i>The African Journal of Information and Communication</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8864en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGray, Eve "Access to Africa's knowledge: publishing development research and measuring value." <i>The African Journal of Information and Communication</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8864en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGray, E. 2010. Access to Africa's knowledge: publishing development research and measuring value. The African Journal of Information and Communication.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2077-7205en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Gray, Eve AB - This paper reviews, critically, the discourse of research publication policy and the directives of the regional and global organisations that advise African countries with respect to their relevance to African scholarly communication. What emerges is a readiness to use the concepts and language of the public good, making claims for the power of technology to resolve issues of African development. However, when it comes to implementing scholarly publication policies, this vision of technological power and development-focused scientific output is undermined by a reversion to a conservative research culture that relies on competitive systems for valuing and accrediting scholarship, predicated upon the systems and values managed by powerful global commercial publishing consortia. The result is that the policies put in place to advance African research effectively act as an impediment to ambitions for a revival of a form of scholarship that could drive continental growth. While open access publishing models offer solutions to the marginalisation of African research, the paper argues that what is also needed is a re-evaluation of the values that underpin the of scholarly publishing, to better align with the continent's articulated research goals. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - The African Journal of Information and Communication LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 SM - 2077-7205 T1 - Access to Africa's knowledge: publishing development research and measuring value TI - Access to Africa's knowledge: publishing development research and measuring value UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8864 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8864
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGray E. Access to Africa's knowledge: publishing development research and measuring value. The African Journal of Information and Communication. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8864.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher University of the Witwatersranden_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDean's Office: CHEDen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsAttribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unporteden_ZA
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dc.sourceThe African Journal of Information and Communicationen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://ahero.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=cshe&action=viewtitle&id=cshe_846en_ZA
dc.titleAccess to Africa's knowledge: publishing development research and measuring valueen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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