LEADER 03921oam 22007694a 450 001 9910524902803321 005 20240404232146.0 010 $a1-62067-755-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000179994 035 $a(EBL)1732196 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001339367 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11761167 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001339367 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11366774 035 $a(PQKB)11754023 035 $a(OCoLC)887684165 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse40213 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1732196 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10891830 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL663250 035 $a(PPN)187343195 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88824922 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1732196 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000179994 100 $a20140815e20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSeeking Impact and Visibility$eScholarly Communication in Southern Africa /$fHenry Trotter, Catherine Kell, Michelle Willmers, Eve Gray & Thomas King 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cProject Muse,$d2014 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-31968-5 311 $a1-920677-51-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-246). 327 $aExecutive summary -- Programme overview -- Project components and methodology -- The Southern African university context -- Scholarly communication policy landscape in Southern Africa -- Research and communication practices -- The SCAP implementation initiative -- Challenges, contradictions and opportunities -- Key findings -- Recommendations -- References. 330 $aAfrican scholarly research is relatively invisible globally because even though research production on the continent is growing in absolute terms, it is falling in comparative terms. In addition, traditional metrics of visibility, such as the Impact Factor, fail to make legible all African scholarly production. Many African universities also do not take a strategic approach to scholarly communication to broaden the reach of their scholars' work. To address this challenge, the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) was established to help raise the visibility of African scholarship by mapping current research and communication practices in Southern African universities and by recommending and piloting technical and administrative innovations based on open access dissemination principles. To do this, SCAP conducted extensive research in four faculties at the Universities of Botswana, Cape Town, Mauritius and Namibia. 606 $aUniversities and colleges$zAfrica, Southern 606 $aResearch$xPublishing$zAfrica, Southern 606 $aOpen access publishing$zAfrica, Southern 606 $aScholarly publishing$zAfrica, Southern 606 $aCommunication in learning and scholarship$xTechnological innovations$zAfrica, Southern 606 $aCommunication in learning and scholarship$zAfrica, Southern 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUniversities and colleges 615 0$aResearch$xPublishing 615 0$aOpen access publishing 615 0$aScholarly publishing 615 0$aCommunication in learning and scholarship$xTechnological innovations 615 0$aCommunication in learning and scholarship 676 $a370.96 700 $aTrotter$b Henry$01104936 702 $aKing$b Thomas$c(Research Assistant), 702 $aGray$b Eve Horwitz 702 $aWillmers$b Michelle 702 $aKell$b Catherine 712 02$aUniversity of Cape Town.$bScholarly Communication in Africa Programme, 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524902803321 996 $aSeeking Impact and Visibility$92627782 997 $aUNINA