Bridging the North-South Divide in Scholarly Communication on Africa

Threats and Opportunities in the Digital era
6 - 8 September 2006

Keynote speaker: Paul F. Wouters
Open Access, to what for whom?

• Open Access Inevitable for Science and Scholarship in Africa but also for Overall Development
  Subbiah Arunachalam
• Which Knowledge? Whose Reality? An Overview of Knowledge used in the Development Sector
  Mike Powell
• Manifestations of Scholarly Communication in Africa: The Case of the Uganda Health Information Network
  Frederick Kintu
• At the South-eastern Frontier: the Impact of Higher Education Policy on African Research Publication
  Eve Gray
• Spinning an African Academy into the World Wide Web: the Liberatory and Democratic Potential of African Scholarship in Cyberspace
  Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome
• Open Access in Developing and Transition Countries: eIFL and a view from South Africa
  Jennifer A. De Beer

II. Bibliometrics and Citations

Keynote speaker: Peter Lor
Bridging the North-South Divide in Scholarly Communication in Africa : a library and information systems perspective

• Measuring International Scientific Impact of Local Research in Developing Countries: An African Case Study
  Robert J.W. Tijssen
• Organising and monitoring research production and performance in Africa: towards Africa Citation Index
  Williams Ezinwa Nwagwu
• Links and Web Impact of Nigerian Universities
  Omoverere Agarin
• Evaluating the Success of Scholarly Publishers
  Elizabeth le Roux
• Research Unleashed?
  Marlon Domingus

III. Publishing models for Africa

• La publication académique en panne: Quelles perspectives pour l’Afrique 
  Jean Pierre Benoît Idrissa DIOUF
• From Print to Internet – an Editor’s Experience
  Cyril Belshaw
• Open Access Survey of Africa-published Journal
  Daisy Ouya; Pippa Smart
• Applying the Access Principle in the Digital Age: A Case Study Approach
  Garry Rosenberg
• Institutional Repositories: Time for African Universities to Consolidate the Digital Divide
  John Paul Anbu
• Consortia Repositories and Content Management for African Scholarly Publishers
  Jacob Jaygbay
• Online Electronic Publishing some Thoughts for the Future
  Joed Elich 

Keynote speaker: Olivier Sagna
La communication de l’information scientifique et technique en Afrique à l’ère de la société des savoirs partagés

• Managing Digital Information Resources in Africa: Preserving the Integrity of Scholarship
  Christine W. Kanyengo
• The Potential for Virtual Library Services to Promote Teaching and Research and Reduce the Digital Divide: A Case Study of the University of Malawi
  Diston Chiweza
• Weaving Other Anansi Webs: Developing the Electronic Literary Map of Africa
  Miriam Conteh-Morgan
• Enhancing e-journal Use in Kenyan Universities
  George Shibanda Gundu
• L’Université Numérique Tunisienne à l’ère du sommet mondial des sciences de l’information: mythe ou réalité?
  Sofiane Bouhdiba