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32 The Public Knowledge Project’s Open Journal Systems
Pages 146-149

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From page 146...
... The system will support open-access, peer-reviewed publishing with international collaboration among editors, and offers precise metadata indexing of published materials on a global scale through the use of Open Archives Initiative standards.3 This free system is intended to reduce the cost and raise the quality of publishing in ways that make open-access publishing a realistic alternative to the traditional model. Open Journal Systems also includes tools that support greater public and professional use of published research.4 OPEN JOURNAL SYSTEMS AND RESEARCH CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF KENYA A research project is being carried out in Kenya focusing on possibilities of using new publishing technologies to enhance research capacity development through publishing and sharing of information related to research findings in the public sector, particularly in African universities and government departments.
From page 147...
... The expected outcomes of the research project are: · an informed analysis of the challenges, possibilities, and obstacles in pursuing online scholarly publishing in African universities as a means of improving the universities' research capacities and of providing greater participation in global knowledge systems. This analysis will serve as a guide for establishing new online journals in different fields, as well as for building better publishing software.
From page 148...
... Online publication increases visibility for the journals, their authors, and the research findings and discussions. Researchers feel that the online journals have given them a voice to be heard outside their borders.
From page 149...
... problems, inadequate articles to publish in the targeted disciplines and editing and reviewing problems, they shifted the base to the Netherlands. Donors funding the Kenyatta University's electronic journal initiative include the World Bank, INASP/PERI, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Cornell University (host to the TEEAL databases)


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