Title:
Open access to research in academic institutions : African perspectives
Authors:
Jain, Priti and Nfila, Reason Baathuli
Place:
Monterrey
Publisher:
Nueva Leon autonomous university (UANL). School of philosophy and letters. Library and information science department
Year:
2011
Journal:
Library and information science critique : the journal of the sciences of information recorded in documents
Volume:
Vol. 4, No. 1
PAGE:
31--48
Subject:
Librarianship in the South
Keywords:
scientific literature, university and college libraries, developing countries, africa
Abstract:
This paper looks into the OA definition of Open Access (OA), OA benefits, and academic institutions' initiatives towards OA, institutional repositories, and barriers to OA in developing countries. The authors make some recommendations on advocacy and promotion of OA.
URL:
http://eprints.rclis.org/16040/6/cb.vol4.no1.pdf
Document type:
E-article