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02210aam a2200325 a 4500 001 AA5B712C332F11E49E51C4E1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140903010030 008 140724s2014 sa ab b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1920677518 020 $a 9781920677510 035 $a (OCoLC)884495664 040 $a OI@ $c OI@ $d SILO 043 $a fs----- 245 00 $a Seeking impact and visibility : $b scholarly communication in Southern Africa / $c Henry Trotter ... [et al.]. 260 $a Cape Town : $b African Minds, for the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme, University of Cape Town, $c 2014. 300 $a xiii, 246 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 30 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "African 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 scholar's 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"--Back cover. 650 0 $a Communication in learning and scholarship $z Africa, Southern. 650 0 $a Communication in learning and scholarship $x Technological innovations $z Africa, Southern. 650 0 $a Scholarly publishing $z Africa, Southern. 650 0 $a Open access publishing $z Africa, Southern. 650 0 $a Research $x Publishing $z Africa, Southern. 650 0 $a Universities and colleges $z Africa, Southern. 700 1 $a Trotter, Henry. 710 2 $a University of Cape Town. $b Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171230055723.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AA5B712C332F11E49E51C4E1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search