This document summarizes open access initiatives in developing countries. It discusses how open access publishing can increase access to research for scientists in developing nations. It provides examples of initiatives by organizations like EIFL to support open access repositories and advocacy in Africa and other regions. Specific initiatives at universities in Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa are also outlined. The document recommends that universities publish open access journals and advocate for authors to publish in open access.
Open Science in the Global South: A Case of IndiaAnup Kumar Das
"Open Science in the Global South: A Case of India" was presented in the Seminar on Open Science Policy and Technology Access: A Challenge for Developing Countries, on 23 March 2017, at Mangosuthu University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.
OpenAIRE at Open Knowledge Governance for Innovation, Internet Governance For...OpenAIRE
Open access and the evolving scholarly communication environment.
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Open Science in the Global South: A Case of IndiaAnup Kumar Das
"Open Science in the Global South: A Case of India" was presented in the Seminar on Open Science Policy and Technology Access: A Challenge for Developing Countries, on 23 March 2017, at Mangosuthu University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.
OpenAIRE at Open Knowledge Governance for Innovation, Internet Governance For...OpenAIRE
Open access and the evolving scholarly communication environment.
Presented at the workshop Why We Need an Open Web: Open Knowledge Governance for Innovation, Internet Governance Forum 2010, September 17, 2010, Vilnius, Lithuania; OpenAIRE related slides 34-38
High-level Meeting & Workshop on Environmental and Scientific Open Data for Sustainable Development Goals in Developing Countries. Madagascar, 4-6 December 2017
How DOAJ Ambassadors and CC local communities can promote knowledge and usage...Tom Olijhoek
Scientific knowledge from the Global South is very much underrepresented in the collective scientific output worldwide. This is not different for OA publishing. Therefore DOAJ started an Ambassador programme with the main objectives to clarify the OA publishing landscape and to increase the number of quality OA journals in order to reduce the number of questionable journals in the Global South. Better understanding among the publishers about the differences and potential conflicts between copyright and licensing is vital. By building local CC communities in cooperation with the CC organization, the DOAJ programme could further improve the quality of scholarly publishing in the Global South. Increased usage of Creative Commons licensing will act against the Northern dominance in knowledge sharing.
Presentation in panel "Opening up the world" at the Conference of OASP-Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association. Paris, UNESCO,Headquarters, 17-19 September 2014. http://oaspa.org/coasp-2014-preliminary-program/
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Event program: http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/2014/04/08/research-without-borders-open-access-in-the-americas/
OpenAccess policies as tools for innovative research and educational challenges.Università di Padova
Intervention to the International Conference
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Presentation during the 14th Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference and African Open Science Platform (AOSP)/Research Data Alliance (RDA) Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7-8 June 2017.
Presentation during the 14th Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference and African Open Science Platform (AOSP)/Research Data Alliance (RDA) Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7-8 June 2017.
Speaker: Williams Nwagwu, CODESRIA
Presentation at the Eldis 20th Anniversary event "Learning from 20 years of digital knowledge sharing for global development" held at IDS on Thursday 15 September 2016 and Friday 16 September 2016.
A video of this presentation is available at:
https://youtu.be/pATTGCPD84k
Video of the presentation “Open Access in Latin America” (20 minutes) http://youtu.be/fNlGabHIHQE
“Open Access in Latin America” presented by Dominique Babini (CLACSO-Latin American Council of Social Sciences) in panel “Research without borders: Open Access in the Americas” organized by the Scholarly Communication Program and The Digital Humanities Center, Columbia University, April 29th., 2014
Program of the event: http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/2014/04/08/research-without-borders-open-access-in-the-americas/
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) takes proud in the implementation of this new initiative. We are looking forward working with all African continents in populating this platform with information.
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How to improve fundamental research in developing countries:
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http://obc2012.outofthebox.si/
High-level Meeting & Workshop on Environmental and Scientific Open Data for Sustainable Development Goals in Developing Countries. Madagascar, 4-6 December 2017
How DOAJ Ambassadors and CC local communities can promote knowledge and usage...Tom Olijhoek
Scientific knowledge from the Global South is very much underrepresented in the collective scientific output worldwide. This is not different for OA publishing. Therefore DOAJ started an Ambassador programme with the main objectives to clarify the OA publishing landscape and to increase the number of quality OA journals in order to reduce the number of questionable journals in the Global South. Better understanding among the publishers about the differences and potential conflicts between copyright and licensing is vital. By building local CC communities in cooperation with the CC organization, the DOAJ programme could further improve the quality of scholarly publishing in the Global South. Increased usage of Creative Commons licensing will act against the Northern dominance in knowledge sharing.
Presentation in panel "Opening up the world" at the Conference of OASP-Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association. Paris, UNESCO,Headquarters, 17-19 September 2014. http://oaspa.org/coasp-2014-preliminary-program/
Presentation in panel “Research Without Borders: Open Access in the Americas” Columbia University, April 29th., 2014. Video of presentation (20 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNlGabHIHQE
Event program: http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/2014/04/08/research-without-borders-open-access-in-the-americas/
OpenAccess policies as tools for innovative research and educational challenges.Università di Padova
Intervention to the International Conference
The future of political science: an international and interdisciplinary conversation, Università degli Studi di Padova, 14-15 december 2012.
Presentation during the 14th Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference and African Open Science Platform (AOSP)/Research Data Alliance (RDA) Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7-8 June 2017.
Presentation during the 14th Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference and African Open Science Platform (AOSP)/Research Data Alliance (RDA) Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7-8 June 2017.
Speaker: Williams Nwagwu, CODESRIA
Presentation at the Eldis 20th Anniversary event "Learning from 20 years of digital knowledge sharing for global development" held at IDS on Thursday 15 September 2016 and Friday 16 September 2016.
A video of this presentation is available at:
https://youtu.be/pATTGCPD84k
Video of the presentation “Open Access in Latin America” (20 minutes) http://youtu.be/fNlGabHIHQE
“Open Access in Latin America” presented by Dominique Babini (CLACSO-Latin American Council of Social Sciences) in panel “Research without borders: Open Access in the Americas” organized by the Scholarly Communication Program and The Digital Humanities Center, Columbia University, April 29th., 2014
Program of the event: http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/2014/04/08/research-without-borders-open-access-in-the-americas/
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) takes proud in the implementation of this new initiative. We are looking forward working with all African continents in populating this platform with information.
OBC | How to improve fundamental research in developing countries: UNESCO dip...Out of The Box Seminar
Dušan Repovš, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
How to improve fundamental research in developing countries:
UNESCO diploma program in mathematics and physics at ICTP
http://obc2012.outofthebox.si/
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Landscape Survey of Science Literacy in Developing Countries :Summary ReportNIDA-Net
Authors: Rob Davies and Carol Priestley
February 2017
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The changing in the world of research communication: from the perspective of people working in information and communication roles and at the supply end of research.
Presentation by Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Director, Library Services UNISA and Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) South Africa at the Locating the Power of the In-between conference July 08
Uncovering Open Access: seizing the moment and making it work for you – experiences from the ground
Presentation by Martie van Deventer, Head of Information Services Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CISR) South Africa at the Locating the Power of the In-between conference
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OpenAIRE at the Regional Workshop Benefits of Open Access for Research Dissem...OpenAIRE
Presented by Iryna Kuchma at the Regional Workshop Benefits of Open Access for Research Dissemination, Usage, Visibility and Impact – 22 to 23 November 2010, Pretoria (South Africa)
Libraries Advocating for Open Access: Best Practices and Lessons LearntIryna Kuchma
Best practices and lessons learnt from national and institutional open access (OA) advocacy campaigns in EIFL partner countries to reach out to research communities. Recommendations are based on 11 case studies showcasing successful national and institutional campaigns in Eastern Europe and Africa (in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Ukraine, Botswana, Ghana, Malawi, Sudan and Zimbabwe). The campaigns resulted in increased understanding and awareness about OA. Most transferable elements that made the projects succeed (strategies, tactics and tools) are described.
Role of Open Science in Addressing Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)Anup Kumar Das
Presented in IndiaLICS2017: The 4th IndiaLICS Conference on Innovation for Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policies and Practices in South Asia, 2nd-4th November, at New Delhi, India.
Welcome Speech At The Libsense Regional Open Science Policy Development WorkshopElvis Muyanja
By Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba, Chairman Of Board Of Directors, Uganda Technology And Management University (UTAMU) barya@utamu.ac.ug | www.utamu.ac.ug
Presentation during the 14th Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference and African Open Science Platform (AOSP)/Research Data Alliance (RDA) Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7-8 June 2017.
UNESCO OER Way Forward @ eLearning Africa 2008Catriona Savage
"A Way Forward for Open Educational Resources: deliberations of an international community." Presentation given by Catriona Savage (UNESCO) at the MERLOT Africa Network's First Pan-African Forum on OER and OA, eLearning Africa, Accra, Ghana on 28 May 2008.
Flavour Launch Seminar, 28th March 2012: Nordic Food Lab - a gastronomic perspective to food innovation by Lars Williams, Head of Research at the Nordic Food Lab and Chef at Restaurant Noma, Copenhagen.
Flavour Launch Seminar, 28th March 2012: Seaweeds for flavour by Ole Mouritsen, Director of the Centre for Biomembrane Physics, University of Southern Denmark.
Gold open access – a successful model?, Stockholm University October 2011BioMedCentral
This presentation looks into the growth of open access and how institutions can tangibly support authors and mandates. It focuses on how, by increasing open access output, an institution can raise the visibility and impact of research, ultimately increasing both the visibility and prestige of an institution.
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Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
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Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
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Case studies of open access initiatives for access to information in developing countries
1. Case Studies of Open Access Initiatives in Developing Countries Helena Asamoah-Hassan University Librarian , KNUST at the 2nd BioMed Africa Open Access Conference,25-26 October 2011,at KNUST, Kumasi , Ghana
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