CC-Openaccess-Africa-Initiative/journals

Connecting Africa to the Knowledge Commons: From Project to Sustainable Infrastructure # Open Access in Africa # Connecting Africa to the Knowledge Commons: From Project to Sustainable Infrastructure # Introduction Open access in Africa faces several challenges related to maintain open access digital platforms and how to keep them updated. In most of the cases, public resources are not enough. Also, there is a prevailing challenge on human resources professionalization on publishing practices in the digital environment. ---- # Promote the Open access research in Africa by Africans is possible ---- Welcome --- Welcome! Thank you for visiting the Open access in Africa project repository. This document (README) gives you introductory information about the project. This project will collecte information on open access in Africa: We'll be focused on starting on collecting info on all scholarly publishing in Africa and drafting a collection guide. Documentation --- This repository is for documentation that supports the Open access in Africa project. The Problem --- Researchers see sharing their research openly as a risk. Many African researchers are concerned the won’t get academic promotions, or their research will be scooped if they share it publicly. Our Solution --- Open access in Africa initiative aims to promote the Open access research in Africa by Africans, and also contributors from all the world. This initiative will collecte information on open access challenges in Africa. The website designed for this initiative will allow to users to have information freely by language, location, and research field. Roadmap --- June 2018 : We'll be focused on starting on collecting info on all scholarly publishing in Africa and drafting a collection guide. End of Summer 2018: Complete the collection on Open access in Africa and draft a report for the next CC global summit What do we need? --- You! In whatever way you can help. Development --- We need all information and databases on open access lunched in Africa and how Open access can be …