Scholarly publishing in Africa: opportunities and impediments

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Title:	Scholarly publishing in Africa: opportunities and impediments
Editor:	Ngobeni, Solani
Year:	2010
Pages:	378
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Pretoria
Publisher:	Africa Institute of South Africa
ISBN:	0798302275; 9780798302272
Geographic terms:	Africa South Africa
Subjects:	publishing research information technology copyright book industry conference papers (form) 2009
Abstract:	The papers in this volume emanate from a conference organized by the Publications Division of the Africa Institute of South Africa in Pretoria on 28-29 May 2009. The conference examined the state of scholarly publishing in Africa with a view to influencing policy regarding the fostering of an enabling environment for scholarly knowledge production. Part I examines the state of research publishing in Africa broadly. Part II interrogates the state of scholarly publishing in particular. Part III provides an overview of the challenges of book distribution in Africa. In Part IV, the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on scholarly publishing is examined. Part V explores alternative publishing models that can be employed in order to enhance scholarly publishing. Part VI interrogates the politics of peer review, and part VII examines scholarly publishing and intellectual property development. [ASC Leiden abstract]