General information
- Chan L., Kirsop B., Arunachalam, S. (2011). “Towards Open and Equitable Access to Research and Knowledge for Development”. PLoS Med 8(3). Available on: http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001016
- Open Access Guide for researchers based in Africa: Cheap or free Access to Databases and E-Journals : http://www.ilissafrica.de/en/howto/OpenAccessGuide.html
- Revisiting OA Priorities. A post from Barbara Kirshop. http://epublishingtrust.blogspot.com/2009/11/oa-priority.html
- UNESCO, Open Access to Information : http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30671&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Organizations
- EPT : Electronic Publishing Trust for Development http://www.epublishingtrust.org/
- eifl : Knowledge without boundaries http://www.eifl.net/
- CIARD R.I.N.G. Portal. A Routemap to Information Nodes and Gateways for Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) http://ring.ciard.net/
- CIGI :The Centre for International Governance Innovation announces the launch of the Africa Portal. November 2010 http://www.cigionline.org/articles/2010/11/cigi-announces-africa-portal-online-resource
Lists of African repositories
- OpenDoar http://www.opendoar.org/index.html
- Roar http://roar.eprints.org/
- ECA United Nations Economic Commision for Africa (UNECA) institutional repository http://repository.uneca.org/
Blogs
Scientific Articles and Conferences
- Kebede Hundie Wordofa, Poloko Ntokwane-Oseafiana (2009). Open Access and Institutional Repositories in Agricultural Sciences: The Case of Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA). Agricultural Information Worldwide, Vol 2, No 3. Available on: http://journals.sfu.ca/iaald/index.php/aginfo/article/viewFile/127/94
- Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri, Mohamed Ben Romdhane, Abdi Abd-Allh (2008). Le libre accès à l’information scientifique dans les pays en voie de développement : étude comparative de ses potentialités et réalités en Algérie et en Tunisie. Available on: http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/sic_00276953/fr/
Slides
In English
- Open Access, Institutional Repository in Africa. http://www.slideshare.net/gideonchristian123/opem-access-institutional-repository-in-africa
- Open Access in Academic and Research institutions in Nigeria. http://www.slideshare.net/gideonchristian123/open-access-institutional-repository-in-academic-and-research-institutions-in-nigeria-presentation
- Open Access and institutional repositories in Kenya (2010). http://www.slideshare.net/BioMedCentral/open-access-and-institutional-repositories-in-research-and-academic-institutions
In French
- Libre Accès au Sénégal (2010). http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/training/2010-senegal/le-mouvement-du-libre
Our 2010-2011 selection
OA Books
- C. Armstrong, J. De Beer, D. Kawooya, A. Prabhala, T. Schonwetter, eds. (2010). Access to Knowledge in Africa: The Role of Copyright. Available on : http://link.wits.ac.za/papers/aca2k-book.html
Scientific Articles and Conferences
- F.W. Dulle, M.K. Minish-Majanja, L.M. Cloete. Factors influencing the adoption of open access scholarly communication in Tanzanian public universities. In : WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 76TH IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE AND ASSEMBLY, 10-15 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden. Available on: http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/138-dulle-en.pdf
- EZRA SHILOBA GBAJE. Open access journal publishing in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. In: WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 76TH IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE AND ASSEMBLY, 10-15 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden. Available on: http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/138-gbaje-en.pdf
- Lamptey, Richard B., Corletey, Abednego. Enhancing Institutional Repositories (IR) in Ghana. Paper presented at IFLA Satellite Pre-conference at Chania, Greece,August 6-8, 2010. Available on: http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/dspace/handle/123456789/1926
Reports
- EIFL report, 31 jan 2011. Implementation of open content licenses. Available on: http://www.eifl.net/news/implementation-open-content-licenses