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Access to Africa’s Knowledge: Publishing Development Research and Measuring Value
African Journal of Information and Communication, issue 10 (2010), pp. 4-19
"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
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Publishing and Alternative Licensing Models in Africa: Comparative Analysis of the South African and Ugandan PALM Studies
Cape Town; Ottawa: Association for Creative Research and Development; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), 117 pp.
Publishing and Alternative Licensing Models in Africa (PALM Africa) has been a two-country research programme conducted in South Africa and Uganda, using action research to explore the potential of open access and flexible and open intellectual property licences with the aim of enhancing the impact
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Opening Scholarship Project. Case Study 4: UCT Press
Cape Town: University of Cape Town Centre of Educational Technology; Shuttleworth Foundation (2009), 20 pp.
"The University of Cape Town (UCT) Press was established in 1994 and is one of four university presses currently operating in South Africa. The modern-day university press presents an interesting mix of challenges and conflicting agendas, and the OpeningScholarship project chose UCT Press as a subje
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PICC Report on Intellectual Property Rights in the Print Industries Sector
Cape Town: Print Industries Cluster Council (2004), 205 pp.
"This report on copyright in the print industries sector was commissioned by the (South African) Department of Arts and Culture, through the Print Industries Cluster Council as part of a broader initiative to identify policy and development needs in the cultural industries. The report deals in parti
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