Eve Gray

Angela Okune, S. Adebowale, E. Gray, A. Mumo, and R. Oniang'o. "Discussion on Open Access (in Africa)," [Transcript], 2020, Research Data Share.

Discussion on Open Access in Africa

March 31, 2020

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Nairobi

Participants (listed alphabetically):

Sulaiman Adebowale
Eve Gray

Diverse but marginalized channels where development research is already being published

AO: In this quote, Eve mentions an increased trend of development research being published widely outside of the traditional academic journal format in South Africa, very successfully...Read more

How is the research and/or publishing environment characterized?

Angela Okune, S. Adebowale, E. Gray, A. Mumo, and R. Oniang'o. "Discussion on Open Access (in Africa)," [Transcript], 2020, Research Data Share.

Querying "Open Access" (in/from Africa)

"The power of a version of publishing which is about development issues, rather than about promotions and journals"

AO: Eve emphasizes the "importance of publishing for development" (29:31) and “the power of a version of publishing which is about development issues, rather than about promotions and...Read more

What are some notable quotes from the discussion?

Angela Okune, S. Adebowale, E. Gray, A. Mumo, and R. Oniang'o. "Discussion on Open Access (in Africa)," [Transcript], 2020, Research Data Share.

Querying "Open Access" (in/from Africa)

Angela Okune, S. Adebowale, E. Gray, A. Mumo, and R. Oniang'o. "Discussion on Open Access (in Africa)," [Audio File], 2020, Research Data Share.

Journals becoming commercial products and the target of takeover

Leslie Chan: I noticed this line from Eve about the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) as...Read more

How is Open Access (in Africa) characterized?

Angela Okune, S. Adebowale, E. Gray, A. Mumo, and R. Oniang'o. "Discussion on Open Access (in Africa)," [Transcript], 2020, Research Data Share.

Querying "Open Access" (in/from Africa)

PLAAS. 2020. “Food in the Time of the Coronavirus: Why We Should Be Very, Very Afraid.” Plaas (blog). April 1, 2020.

AO: During this discussion on Open Access, Eve Gray mentioned:

"What is published hugely...there are now a lot of...Read more

"Scholarly ecosystems, professional publisher ecosystems, and corporate publisher ecosystems"

KM: I was interested in Eve Gray's point about the Budapest Initiative, and Leslie...Read more

How is Open Access (in Africa) characterized?

Angela Okune, S. Adebowale, E. Gray, A. Mumo, and R. Oniang'o. "Discussion on Open Access (in Africa)," [Transcript], 2020, Research Data Share.

Querying "Open Access" (in/from Africa)