Best of Gray Area
A sampling of key articles from my blog over the years.
African Scholarship
- Scholarly publishing as a transformation issue in South Africa
- An African citation index? The AFC-Codesria conference on digital publishing
- The State of the Nation – South African scholarly publishing and the global knowledge divide
- African Academies of Science promote access to digital knowledge resources
- Publishing and perishing in Africa
- South African Higher Education Minister weighs in on access to knowledge at UNESCO conference
Digital Divide
Intellectual Property Rights
- Intellectual Property in Publicly Funded Research – what the Bill says
- IP in Publicly Funded Research Bill – does the cure match the disease?
- IPR Act Regulations promulgated – the death knell for open science in South Africa?
- The plan for innovation, IPR and public health is adopted at the WHO. How can this be reconciled with the IPR Act?
Networked Communities
Open Access
- The economic impact of access to research – the Australians count the cost and benefits
- Ensuring access to your scholarly publications – practical steps for authors
- The Bangalore National Open Access Policy – a way forward for developing countries
- The State of the Nation – South African scholarly publishing and the global knowledge divide
- The state of the nation 2008 – belatedly
Policy
- Scholarly publishing as a transformation issue in South Africa
- Ensuring access to your scholarly publications – practical steps for authors
- Policy recommendations – Research Publication Policy in SA
Research
Scholarly Publishing
- Through the looking glass? Scholarly publishing seen from the South-eastern frontier
- The economic impact of access to research – the Australians count the cost and benefits
- Ensuring access to your scholarly publications – practical steps for authors
- The State of the Nation – South African scholarly publishing and the global knowledge divide
Presentations and research documents
These are some of my presentations I’d like to share and make available for use. Feel free to browse around… Any feedback on any of the presentations? Leave a comment!