Stellenbosch University’s AOARI platforms : opening access to African scholarly content

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dc.contributor.authorRaju, R.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Ina
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-13T06:18:23Z
dc.date.available2013-08-13T06:18:23Z
dc.date.issued2013-06
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.aasciences.orgen_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn the current knowledge economy, Africa is relegated to the periphery of knowledge production as it is considered to be more of a ‘consumer’ of the world’s knowledge as opposed to a ‘producer’. There is sufficient evidence to show that a significant factor contributing to this low research output is limited access to scholarly content to support research. An influential element to this limited access is the exorbitant cost of information. Exacerbating this status is that research conducted by Africans is not easily accessible to the international audience, as the dissemination of African research content is severely prejudiced by the propensity of international publishers to focus on output from the north which generates larger profit margins. This prejudice relegates Africa further into the status of being a silent and invisible contributor to research production.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublishers' Versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRaju, R. & Smith, I. 2013. Stellenbosch University’s AOARI Platforms: Opening Access to African Scholarly Content. Whydah, 17(2):6.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1015-4957
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85318
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAfrican Academy of Sciencesen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectOpen accessen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican Open Access Repository Initiative (AOARI)en_ZA
dc.subjectOpen Access Repositoryen_ZA
dc.subjectInstitutional repositoryen_ZA
dc.titleStellenbosch University’s AOARI platforms : opening access to African scholarly contenten_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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