The Case for Openness: Access to Knowledge, Visibility, Influence, Participation and Quality

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dc.contributor.authorCzerniewicz, Lauraen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-24T10:13:17Z
dc.date.available2014-07-24T10:13:17Z
dc.date.issued2011-10en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper introduces some ‘open' terminology (definitions given) and gives a case for openness. Evidence and research is being gathered about the value of openness for those in developing countries. For African universities, access to knowledge is about both using resources from international universities and contributing their locally-generated content. Opening up of scholarly resources overcomes the barrier of increasing costs (e.g. journal subscriptions). Open publishing increases visibility and the possibility of impact as well as enabling participation and collaboration, and can raise the institutional profile of the university. This participation requires investment in technology and institutional policy, feedback mechanisms (track use) and planning for this can only be advantageous and "ensure full participation in the global knowledge society".en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCzerniewicz, L. (2011). The Case for Openness: Access to Knowledge, Visibility, Influence, Participation and Quality. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2351en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCzerniewicz, Laura "The Case for Openness: Access to Knowledge, Visibility, Influence, Participation and Quality." (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2351en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCzerniewicz, L. 2011-10. The Case for Openness: Access to Knowledge, Visibility, Influence, Participation and Quality.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Czerniewicz, Laura AB - This paper introduces some ‘open' terminology (definitions given) and gives a case for openness. Evidence and research is being gathered about the value of openness for those in developing countries. For African universities, access to knowledge is about both using resources from international universities and contributing their locally-generated content. Opening up of scholarly resources overcomes the barrier of increasing costs (e.g. journal subscriptions). Open publishing increases visibility and the possibility of impact as well as enabling participation and collaboration, and can raise the institutional profile of the university. This participation requires investment in technology and institutional policy, feedback mechanisms (track use) and planning for this can only be advantageous and "ensure full participation in the global knowledge society". DA - 2011-10 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - SARUA PY - 2011 T1 - The Case for Openness: Access to Knowledge, Visibility, Influence, Participation and Quality TI - The Case for Openness: Access to Knowledge, Visibility, Influence, Participation and Quality UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2351 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/2351
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCzerniewicz L. The Case for Openness: Access to Knowledge, Visibility, Influence, Participation and Quality. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2351.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionSARUAen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsAttribution-ShareAlike 2.5 South Africaen_ZA
dc.rights.holder© SARUA, 2011.en_ZA
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dc.titleThe Case for Openness: Access to Knowledge, Visibility, Influence, Participation and Qualityen_ZA
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