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Building Publishing Capacity “Science, technology and publication form
a triad which is essential for the survival of developing nations.” F Salager-Meyer, 2005
Research capacity
Absorption & production capacity
PUBLISHING capacity
Lor, PJ “Bridging the North-South Divide in Scholarly Communication in Africa – a library and information systems perspective” 2006 http://www.ascleiden.nl/Pdf/elecpublconflor.pdf
Lor, PJ “Bridging the North-South Divide in Scholarly Communication in Africa – a library and information systems perspective” 2006 http://www.ascleiden.nl/Pdf/elecpublconflor.pdf
Range of journal types in HUGE range ... Periphery countries
& journals NOT homogenous Professional commercial “old-style”
publishers - some Professional commercial OA
publishers - few Society publishers - some University press publishers - few
Scholar publishers
http://www.venturevalkyrie.com/2010/12/19/dont-ask-dont-tell/1504/rock-hard-place-road-sign-with-dramatic-clouds-and-sky
Challenges for Scholar journals Doing an astounding job, given challenges Aware of NBance of “finessed” appearance
& language of the publication (online or in print)
2nd language English / French speakers but few have language editors.
Few have skills in formatting, layout, typesetting AND technical skills for interoperability, etc.
RESULT >>> journals go to overseas publishing services (and authors also)
Bucks for journals
“Local journals struggle to survive and have very poor visibility due to high costs of publication and distribution” Chan, Kirsop, Arunachalam, 2005 https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/4415/1/Open_Access_Archiving.pdf
Unleashing an publishing
lion...
Institutional support Quality indicators – clarity on what
to attain Self-determination in these Skills development & training of....
Authors, Editors, Reviewers Journal publishing software - OJS Aggregators for visibility, altmetrics,
interoperability, OA data, etc Partnerships
Institutional Support
Open Access Institutional Repositories not enough
Support for all types of research communication, notably peer-reviewed quality Gold OA journals
Some libraries doing wonderful work
Foster research culture; explicit attention to research communication and publishing
Awareness-raising; encouraged (not mandated)
Journal Quality indicatorsEstablishing what these are
http://www.surf.nl/en/actueel/Pages/Internationalscientificcommunityagreeonneedforqualityindicatorsfornew%28OpenAccess%29journals.aspx
Journal familiarity with theseTransparency of peer-review processTransparency of masthead – full
Editorial Board names and contact details
Trusted aggregator inclusionProfessional OA journal publishers -
quality
Editors’ skills development
Awareness & knowledge of quality criteria Training in online publishing tools (OJS,
OA) Awareness & use of CC by African OA
journals Embracing Information Age & OA – for
example, students journal training senior University staff
Peer-to-peer learning & self-determination of best practice & quality criteria
African OA publishers & publishing services
Scholar journals from Africa paying MedKnow in India for “finessing” services
African journals and authors moving to overseas publishers
But, AOSIS in South Africa doing great work
Academic Journals in Nigeria, Kenya on an international watch list of predator OA publishers, but do they really deserve that?
African journal aggregators“I would like to thank AJOL for providing a platform
through which we realized our aim of combining subscription-based hard copy journal with open access online – the best of both.
The vision of combining the two would have been extremely difficult without AJOL.”
2,500,000 visits; 6.6 million (2011); 40% African
Top article from AJOL2011: downloaded 27,430
VERY exciting emerging country-level platforms
Aggregators and sector playersTransparent & visible inclusion
criteria and processResolve tension between
inclusionary and exclusionary role
Better showcase and share what IS successfully being done
Collaborate better, with mutual awareness-raising efforts
Partnerships
Research partnerships (S-S and S-N)
Journal to journal (S-N and S-S) http://www.ajpp-online.org/
Journals aggregating in partnership (S) http://www.ajol.info/
Publisher to publisher ?? A role for BMC ??
