Why should African academics care about Open Access?
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Suleman, Hussein
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Prof Hussein Suleman, Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Cape Town was the main speaker at this Open Access Seminar. In his presentation he discussed : Arguments against Open Access, the Open Access movement - in South Africa and worldwide, the development of the UCT CS Research Document Archive and its evaluation and lastly the benefits of Open Access and why African researchers should support it.
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Open Access Seminar for postgraduate students and researchers, presented on Friday, 11 May 2012, in the Library auditorium, Level 3, Merensky Library II, University of Pretoria.
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Open Access, UCT CS Research Document Archive, Google Scholar, Open Access movement, National ETD Portal, Institutional repositories, Author self-archiving, Open Access impact, Scholarly communication