Open access in developing countries: African open archives1

Chalabi, Lydia; Dahmane, Madjid

doi:10.3233/isu-2012-0640

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“…Issues such as language barriers (Bowdoin, 2011;Chalabi and Dahmane, 2012;Tijssen, 2007), funding deficiencies (McKay, 2011) and technological shortfalls (McKay, 2011;Nwagwu, 2013) are all cited by researchers as reasons why the OA movement has failed to make its mark in so many African nations.…”

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“…Without political leadership favouring OA attempts to contribute to the movement, it will remain isolated and experimental (Chalabi and Dahmane, 2012). The digitisation project at University of Pretoria of African elephant anatomical sketches (Breytenbach and Groenewald, 2008) illustrates that motivation for using repositories can come from a local level, especially as a means to safeguard and disseminate grey or non-digital resources.…”

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Barriers to Open Access uptake for researchers in Africa

Fox

Hanlon

2015

Online Information Review

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Abstract:Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent of visibility of researchers in African countries, in the Open Access (OA) arena and aims to identify main causes of reduced uptake in OA in Africa.Design/methodology/approach -Extent of visibility is explored by quantitative analysis of institutional repository and OA journals data sets followed by qualitative analysis of OA foundation documents and literature on OA in Africa published mainly between 2003 and 2013.Findings -Visibility in institutional repositories or OA journals for African researchers remains low. Causes include insufficient educational support for librarians and administrators in required new roles; inability of national, organisational and technological infrastructures to support OA; impracticality of western-based and costly publishing models; and disincentives relating to intellectual property and researcher perceptions. Complex language and literacy issues also inhibit engagement. Recommendations include strong OA advocacy, development of support initiatives, integration of international knowledge for local conditions and vice versa, sensitive preservation of indigenous knowledge and development of mechanisms of funding and research assessment mechanisms, which are economically and technically viable.Originality/value -Earlier attempts were made to raise awareness about the lack of uptake of OA in Africa. This paper shows that the situation has hardly changed and now requires urgent attention. Otherwise OA will not "become the default method for distributing new peer-reviewed research in every field and country" by 2022 (BOAI, 2012).

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Barriers to Open Access uptake for researchers in Africa

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Hanlon

2015

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“… 21 Non–English speakers are often unable to access vital information or contribute to international scientific research publications without support of English-speaking collaborators. 22 , 23 UTD allows providers to search in 10 languages but publishes articles only in English. Google Translate (GT) is a free translation service that has been reported to work well, although imperfectly, in low-resource settings.…”

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Does Access to Point-of-Care Medical Information Improve Trauma and General Surgeons’ Clinical Knowledge in a Middle-Income Country? A Mixed-Methods Study with Random Assignment

Noble

Ordoñez

Wong

et al. 2022

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

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BACKGROUND: Investing in continued medical education strengthens surgical systems. This study assessed the effectiveness of an evidence-based practice (EBP) tutorial and access to UpToDate (UTD) to improve EBP and understand how and why providers practice using evidence. STUDY DESIGN: This is a mixed-methods, implementation study at 9 public hospitals in Peru consisting of a didactic session for surgeons on EBP and Google Translate and support of applications for UTD access. Change in clinical knowledge scores (CKS), access and use of UTD, and impact of language pre-and postintervention were measured. Qualitative interviews uncovered reasons for these changes. RESULTS: Intervention participants had lower CKS at follow-up compared with baseline (odds ratio [OR] of higher score 0.41 [0.18,0.98]; p = 0.044), and this effect was modified (p = 0.003) to the extent that the reverse was true for control participants (OR 2.30 [1.13,4.71]; p = 0.022). Participants with 1 to 20 years of experience had significantly improved CKS compared with students/residents (1 to 10 years: OR 4.5 [1.1,18]; 11 to 20 years: OR 4.9 [1.4,17]); there was no evidence of a different CKS between providers with >20 years of experience compared with students/residents (OR 1.3 [0.5,3.7]). Administrative disconnect, usability, motivation, education, time, resources, and age influenced point-of-care medical information systems impact on knowledge and EBP. Participants reporting low English proficiency translated medical literature mostly used Google Translate. Those with low/no English reading proficiency had higher odds of reporting a negative impact on research than those with working (p = 0.007) or professional (p < 0.001) proficiency. CONCLUSIONS: Providing education on EBP, free UTD access, and translation solutions did not correlate with increased CKS due to complex barriers to using point-of-care medical information systems.

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Open access in developing countries: African open archives1

Cited by 2 publications

References 13 publications

Barriers to Open Access uptake for researchers in Africa

Barriers to Open Access uptake for researchers in Africa

Does Access to Point-of-Care Medical Information Improve Trauma and General Surgeons’ Clinical Knowledge in a Middle-Income Country? A Mixed-Methods Study with Random Assignment

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