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dc.contributor.advisorFredericks, G.H
dc.contributor.authorMöller, Allison Melanie
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Library and information Science
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-09T08:05:20Z
dc.date.available2007/04/18 09:24
dc.date.available2007/04/18
dc.date.available2013-07-09T08:05:20Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/1607
dc.descriptionMagister Bibliothecologiae - MBiblen_US
dc.description.abstractOpen access publishing is an initiative that aims to provide universal, unrestricted free access to full-text scholarly materials via the Internet. This presents a radically different approach to the dissemination of research articles that has traditionally been controlled by the publishing enterprise that regulates access by means of subscriptions and licences fees levied on users, predominantly academic libraries. In presenting the case for open access publishing, the thesis explored the contemporary research environment, changing modes of knowledge production, the problems associated with the existing academic journal system, and the subsequent growth of the open access movement as an intervention to reclaim scientific communication. It highlighted the ways in which open access better answers the requirements of researchers, funders, governments, and society more broadly.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectScholarly electronic publishingen_US
dc.subjectLibraries and electronic publishingen_US
dc.subjectElectronic journalsen_US
dc.titleThe case for open access publishing, with special reference to open access journals and their prospects in South Africaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa


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