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Étienne Anheim, Livia Foraison (dir.)

Paris: Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (2020), 400 pp.

"En moins de vingt ans, l'édition en sciences humaines et sociales a été considérablement bouleversée. Tout a été réinventé : le marché du livre s'est transformé, le cadre légal a été radicalement modifié, la publication et la lecture en ligne ont connu un formidable essor, l'écritur ... more

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The Politics of Publishing in South Africa

Nicholas Evans, Monica Seeber

London; Scotsville: Holger Ehling Publishing; University of Natal Press (2006), 300 pp.

"This is a major study on publishing in South Africa, providing an in-depth analysis of the book industry, reviewing its social and historical context, and examining its role as a strategic industry in South Africa's future development. With contributions by some of the country's leading book profes ... more

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El libro de divulgación científica en Chile 2015-2020

Paulo González Ibarra, Ignacio Alfaro Rojas et al.

Santiago de Chile: las Artes y el Patrimonio Ministerio de las Cultura (2023), 397 pp.

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Who counts? Ghanaian academic publishing and global science

David Mills, Patricia Kingori, Abigail Branford et al.

Cape Town: African Minds (2023), 227 pp.

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25 apuntes de la edición universitaria

Luisa Fernanda Arris (ed.)

Lima: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) (2023), 191 pp.

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Cartografía de la edición académica iberoamericana 2013-2019

Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2021), 1 poster

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Publikationsberatung an Universitäten: Ein Praxisleitfaden zum Aufbau publikationsunterstützender Services

Karin Lackner, Lisa Schilhan, Christian Kaier (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2020), 396 pp.

"Dieser Band ist als Praxisleitfaden für Personen und Institutionen konzipiert, die eine Stelle zur Publikationsberatung auf- und ausbauen möchten. Während der erste Teil des Bandes verschiedene Aspekte des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens thematisiert, die im Rahmen der Publikationsberatung relev ... more

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The African University Press

François van Schalkwyk, Thierry M. Luescher

Cape Town: African Minds (2017), 62 pp.

"A holistic way of approaching the question of how African university presses can reposition themselves in support of the broader shift of some African universities towards a greater focus on research, is to consider shifts in the dominant institutional logic in the academic publishing industry. Bas ... more

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Needs Assessment: Strengthening Indigenous Academic and Digital Publishing in Tanzania

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2017), 7 pp.

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Coming of Age: Strides in African Publishing, Essays in Honour of Dr Henry Chakava at 70

Kiarie Kamau, Kirimi Mitambo (eds.)

Henry Chakava (honoured person)

Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers (2016), xxvii, 288 pp.

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Annual Book Publishing Industry Survey 2013: Business Economic Report

Willem Struik, Liam Borgstrom

Publishers' Association of South Africa (PASA); University of Pretoria (2014), 30 pp.

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Access to Africa’s Knowledge: Publishing Development Research and Measuring Value

Eve Gray

African Journal of Information and Communication, issue 10 (2010), pp. 4-19

"This paper reviews, critically, the discourse of research publication policy and the directives of the regional and global organisations that advise African countries with respect to their relevance to African scholarly communication. What emerges is a readiness to use the concepts and language of ... more

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Richard Uribe Schroeder (dir.)

Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2010), 216 pp.

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Scholarly Publishing in Africa: Opportunities & Impediments

Solani Ngobeni (ed.)

Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa (2010), xxv, 378 pp.

"The proceedings of a conference held at the Africa Institute of South Africa in 2009, this is a major new collection of essays on the state of scholarly publishing in Africa, with a strong emphasis on the situation in South Africa. The conference was convened, and the papers published, in an attemp ... t to influence “policymakers and other relevant stakeholders in developing an enabling environment for scholarly publishing to thrive.” Containing a total of 26 papers – all of them, usefully, preceded by abstracts – content is arranged under seven sections: (i) The State of Research Publishing in Africa, (ii) The State of Scholarly Publishing in Africa, (iii) The Challenges of Book Distribution, (iv) The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Scholarly Publishing, (v) Alternative Publishing Models, (vi) The Politics of Peer Review in Scholarly Publishing, and (vii) Scholarly Publishing and Intellectual Property Development in Africa. While the majority of the contributors are from South Africa, other contributors include Kenyan veteran publisher Henry Chakava, James Currey of James Currey Publishers, Mary Jay, Chief Executive of the Oxford-based African Books Collective, and a number of academics from the West African region. The book is particularly strong in overviews of scholarly publishing in South Africa, covering both book and journal publishing. It offers some interesting discussions and fresh insights about alternative publishing and distribution models, with articles reporting about new initiatives and strategy approaches, and also including papers on the politics and practise of the peer review process, and on South African intellectual property rights. One or two papers, by academics from other regions of Africa, unfortunately are weak and poorly informed about the current state of scholarly publishing in Africa, for example citing literature that goes back to books and articles published in the 1970s and 1980s. However, the book can be seen as a useful companion to ‘African Scholarly Publishing Essays’, edited by Alois Mlambo, and published by African Books Collective in 2006." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2581) more

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Opening Scholarship Project. Case Study 4: UCT Press

Eve Gray, Michelle Willmers

Cape Town: University of Cape Town Centre of Educational Technology; Shuttleworth Foundation (2009), 20 pp.

"The University of Cape Town (UCT) Press was established in 1994 and is one of four university presses currently operating in South Africa. The modern-day university press presents an interesting mix of challenges and conflicting agendas, and the OpeningScholarship project chose UCT Press as a subje ... more

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Políticas editoriales de publicaciones académicas en Chile

Alberto Cerda Silva

Santiago de Chile: ONG Derechos Digitales (2009), 51 pp.

Studies and reviews briefly some of the key editorial decisions that involve the distribution of academic publications policy in Chile, including its access and use of the general public, academic and scientific community in particular.

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Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
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Hans M. Zell

Henry Chakava (introd. essay)

Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 3rd ed. (2008), xlix, 712 pp.

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Richard Uribe Schroeder (dir.)

Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2008), 260 pp.

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An Exploration of the State of Self-Publishing in the Academic Publishing Sector of South Africa

Estelle Rhodé Odendaal

Pretoria: Master Thesis University of South Africa (2007), 215 pp.

"The academic publishing sector in South Africa is facing many changes and challenges in the post-1994 democracy, with most of the changes brought about by the Higher Education Act No. 101 of 1997. A recent challenge, or threat, to commercial publishers is the phenomenon, and proliferation, of self- ... more

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Las editoriales universitarias en América Latina

Claudio Rama, Richard Uribe, Leandro de Sagastizábal

Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2006), 246 pp.

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