SciELO SA goes live! August 13, 2009
Posted by Susan in : Open Access Scholarly Publishing , add a commentASSAf’s Open Scholarly Publishing team has been involved in the launch of a pilot site for SciELO SA, initially on the ScieELO Brazil site, has been established using their existing hardware, software, and mark-up processes. (more…)
South African Journal of Science first on SA Open Access platform August 13, 2009
Posted by Andrea in : SAJS , add a commentThe South African Journal of Science (SAJS) is one of the first South African journals to be hosted on the fully Open Access platform, SciELO South Africa. This represents a major achievement in South Africa that will benefit researchers and scholars in providing a free-to-publish, free-to-access platform for the best scientific thinking the country has to offer.
SciELO focuses on developing countries where few end users have access to traditional peer-reviewed academic journals either online or in print form. Access to journals is subscription-based and can be very expensive. Only certain libraries carry them, meaning that there have been severe restrictions in accessibility and affordability up to this point. The Open Access platform for these journals aims to combat these restrictions, while simultaneously enhancing the international visibility of South African research. (more…)
