Database as Book is an experimental publishing project that reimagines what a scholarly book can be when built as a living, collaborative database. The project seeks to support new forms of scholarly communication that are open, dynamic, and rooted in local contexts. This...Read more
The stakeholders involved (Sun Microsystems, the International DOI Foundation, R.R. Bowker, and elite U.S. universities) reflect a closed circle of influential Western institutions....Read more
00:33.040 --> 00:35.360 Welcome everybody to today's webinar.
00:35.360 --> 00:36.840 My name is Joy Owango.
00:36.840 --> 00:37.960 I'm the Executive Director
00:37.960 --> 00:40.120 of the Training Center in Communication.
00:40.120 --> 00:42.320...Read more
I used these slides during the 2025 Radical Open Access Conference to speak about the "Database as Book" project.Read more
This image, with women at the center of the Database as Book project, puts "the question of gender" into play as part of decolonizing knowledge. My reading here comes in the context of preparing...Read more
This is the presentation slides used during the "Database as Book" workshop held at BIEA Kileleshwa on November 28, 2024 from 8:45 AM to 2:30 PM.Read more