Open Access initiatives in Zimbabwe: Case of academic libraries

Chisita, Collence Takaingenhamo; Chiparausha, Blessing

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2019.102047

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“…Chisita and Chiparausha (2019) introduce an important question with regard to the open source situation: that of predatory online open-access journals that publish articles without distinction of quality, for payment. Here, the authors highlight the role of consortia’s member institutions in carrying out actions to show the characteristics of quality open access journals from those of a predatory nature, as well as in forming well-defined policies for open access publication on the platforms of each member institution or the consortium itself.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Library as a consortium perspective: A systematic literature review

Pereira

Franco

2020

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Consortia are a form of association between organizations seeking to reach a common objective. This study aims to systematize discussion in the area of library consortia and relate it to aspects of information management. To this end, the Web of Science databases was used to identify the literature to be analysed, resorting to Bibliometrix software. The results show a tendency in the literature to discuss themes such as open access contract management. The study concludes on an evolution of themes setting out from shared resources and directs future research towards identifying questions of access to and ownership of information resources.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Library as a consortium perspective: A systematic literature review

Pereira

Franco

2020

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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“…Works on repositories focus on diagnosing existing repositories [56,70], presenting specific projects or initiatives for putting in place repositories [29,37,41,51,52,56,61], or in studying the challenges faced by researchers and other stakeholders for embracing OA. These challenges could be partly mitigated, if they took advantage of repositories [44,62,64], while others show the challenges for fully taking advantage of repositories [45,58].…”

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“…The approach proposed by the authors in [64] analyzes the roles of stakeholders in strengthening the OA initiatives among academic libraries in Zimbabwe. According to the study, "faculty participants confirmed that academic libraries in Zimbabwe could effectively use IRs to generate new e-content and explore opportunities to license their content".…”

Section: Lis: Library and Information Sciencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Open Access Research Trends in Higher Education: A Literature Review

Osorio-Sanabria¹,

Jaime²,

Andrea³

et al. 2021

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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This study is a review of the literature on open access (OA), seeking to identify trends in research on the subject. This review was conducted in the SCOPUS database and focused on the following as the main topics: 1. Financial aspects, 2. Repositories, 3. Education, 4. Academic community's perception of OA resources, 5. Tools, 6. Policies, 7. Institutions, 8. Stakeholders,and 9. Impact. Out of these topics, the financial aspect, especially in OA's publication costs, was identified as driving great interest among researchers in the field. On the other hand, the study of the impact of OA is a subject little examined. Although research on OA in the higher education sector analyzes different perspectives and describes advances, challenges, and concerns, it is fair to conclude that OA encourages the creation and dissemination of knowledge and academic communication.

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“…For instance, in order to access some recent work on scholarly communication (e.g. Chisita & Chiparausha, 2019 ; Sotudeh et al , 2019 ; Wang et al , 2019 ; Young & Brandes, 2020 ) without an institutional subscription, authors would have to pay USD 41.95 per PDF (at the time of writing this article). This is more than the price of many printed monographs, which poses an actual barrier, not only for independent scholars and the non-academic public, but also for institutions that cannot afford costly subscriptions.…”

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The case for an inclusive scholarly communication infrastructure for social sciences and humanities

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This article presents a vision for a scholarly communication research infrastructure for social sciences and humanities (SSH). The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pressing need to access research outputs without the traditional economic and temporal barriers. This article explores the current scholarly communication landscape, assessing the reasons for the slower uptake of open access in SSH research. The authors discuss such frontiers as commercial interests, sources of academic prestige and discipline-specific genres. This article defines and discusses the key areas in which a research infrastructure can play a vital role in making open scholarly communication a reality in SSH: (1) providing a federated and easy access to scattered SSH outputs; (2) supporting publication and dissemination of discipline-specific genres (e.g. monographs, critical editions); (3) providing help with evaluation and quality assurance practices in SSH; (4) enabling scholarly work in national languages, which is significant for local communities; (5) being governed by researchers and for researchers as a crucial factor for productive, useful and accessible services; (6) lastly, considering the needs of other stakeholders involved in scholarly communication, such as publishers, libraries, media, non-profit organisations, and companies. They conclude that a scholarly-driven, inclusive, dedicated infrastructure for the European Research Area is needed in order to advance open science in SSH and to address the issues tackled by SSH researchers at a structural and systemic level.

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Open Access initiatives in Zimbabwe: Case of academic libraries

Cited by 23 publications

References 26 publications

Library as a consortium perspective: A systematic literature review

Library as a consortium perspective: A systematic literature review

Open Access Research Trends in Higher Education: A Literature Review

The case for an inclusive scholarly communication infrastructure for social sciences and humanities

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