The Case for Openness: Access to Knowledge, Visibility, Influence, Participation and Quality
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2011-10
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This paper introduces some ‘open' terminology (definitions given) and gives a case for openness. Evidence and research is being gathered about the value of openness for those in developing countries. For African universities, access to knowledge is about both using resources from international universities and contributing their locally-generated content. Opening up of scholarly resources overcomes the barrier of increasing costs (e.g. journal subscriptions). Open publishing increases visibility and the possibility of impact as well as enabling participation and collaboration, and can raise the institutional profile of the university. This participation requires investment in technology and institutional policy, feedback mechanisms (track use) and planning for this can only be advantageous and "ensure full participation in the global knowledge society".
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Czerniewicz, L. 2011-10. The Case for Openness: Access to Knowledge, Visibility, Influence, Participation and Quality.