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  • June 28, 2017 at 12:05 pm #56474
    Monica Berger (She/her/hers)
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    Interested in scholarly publishing and open access in Africa?

    \”Tragedy of the perishing scholar\” is an editorial in a Kenya newspaper written by a Kenyan academic. Omanga explains how African academic publishing once was more robust and how low(er) quality and predatory publishing became prevalent. Best takeway: \”To address this problem, it is important that universities and research institutions improve publication literacy among early career researchers in Africa.\” Unfortunately, Omanga doesn\’t reference AuthorAid, the chief organization supporting quality publishing in the Global South. Nevertheless, a great read.

    This topic was also posted in: LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable.
    June 29, 2017 at 9:40 am #56475
    Monica Berger (She/her/hers)
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    hi Marianna: I reached out to the author on Twitter and asked him if he knew about AuthorAid. He did not but checked them out and was very enthusiastic!

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