1. Susan Murray susan@ajol.info

3.  “Science, technology and publication form a triad which is essential for the survival of developing nations.” F Salager-Meyer, 2005  Research capacity  Absorption & production capacity  PUBLISHING capacity

6. Lor, PJ “Bridging the North-South Divide in Scholarly Communication in Africa – a library and information systems perspective” 2006 http://www.ascleiden.nl/Pdf/elecpublconflor.pdf http://www.ascleiden.nl/Pdf/elecpublconflor.pdf

7. Lor, PJ “Bridging the North-South Divide in Scholarly Communication in Africa – a library and information systems perspective” 2006 http://www.ascleiden.nl/Pdf/elecpublconflor.pdfhttp://www.ascleiden.nl/Pdf/elecpublconflor.pdf

9.  HUGE range... Periphery countries & journals NOT homogenous  Professional commercial “old-style” publishers - some  Professional commercial OA publishers - few  Society publishers - some  University press publishers - few  Scholar publishers

10. http://www.venturevalkyrie.com/2010/12/19/dont-ask-dont-tell/1504/rock-hard-place-road-sign-with-dramatic-clouds-and-sky

11.  Doing an astounding job, given challenges  Aware of NBance of “finessed” appearance & language of the publication (online or in print)  2 nd language English / French speakers but few have language editors.  Few have skills in formatting, layout, typesetting AND technical skills for interoperability, etc.  RESULT >>> journals go to overseas publishing services (and authors also)

12.  “Local journals struggle to survive and have very poor visibility due to high costs of publication and distribution” Chan, Kirsop, Arunachalam, 2005 https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/4415/1/Open_Access_Archiving.pdf https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/4415/1/Open_Access_Archiving.pdf

13.  Institutional support  Quality indicators – clarity on what to attain  Self-determination in these  Skills development & training of.... Authors, Editors, Reviewers  Journal publishing software - OJS  Aggregators for visibility, altmetrics, interoperability, OA data, etc  Partnerships

14.  Open Access Institutional Repositories not enough  Support for all types of research communication, notably peer-reviewed quality Gold OA journals  Some libraries doing wonderful work  Foster research culture; explicit attention to research communication and publishing  Awareness-raising; encouraged (not mandated)

15.  Establishing what these are http://www.surf.nl/en/actueel/Pages/Internationalscientificcommunityagreeonneedforqualityindi catorsfornew%28OpenAccess%29journals.aspx http://www.surf.nl/en/actueel/Pages/Internationalscientificcommunityagreeonneedforqualityindi catorsfornew%28OpenAccess%29journals.aspx  Journal familiarity with these  Transparency of peer-review process  Transparency of masthead – full Editorial Board names and contact details  Trusted aggregator inclusion  Professional OA journal publishers - quality

16.  Awareness & knowledge of quality criteria  Training in online publishing tools (OJS, OA)  Awareness & use of CC by African OA journals  Embracing Information Age & OA – for example, students journal training senior University staff  Peer-to-peer learning & self-determination of best practice & quality criteria

17.  Scholar journals from Africa paying MedKnow in India for “finessing” services  African journals and authors moving to overseas publishers  But, AOSIS in South Africa doing great work  Academic Journals in Nigeria, Kenya on an international watch list of predator OA publishers, but do they really deserve that?

18. “I would like to thank AJOL for providing a platform through which we realized our aim of combining subscription-based hard copy journal with open access online – the best of both. The vision of combining the two would have been extremely difficult without AJOL.” 2,500,000 visits; 6.6 million (2011); 40% African Top article from AJOL2011: downloaded 27,430 VERY exciting emerging country-level platforms

19.  Transparent & visible inclusion criteria and process  Resolve tension between inclusionary and exclusionary role  Better showcase and share what IS successfully being done  Collaborate better, with mutual awareness- raising efforts

20.  Research partnerships (S-S and S-N)  Journal to journal (S-N and S-S) http://www.ajpp-online.org/ http://www.ajpp-online.org/  Journals aggregating in partnership (S) http://www.ajol.info/ http://www.ajol.info/  Publisher to publisher ?? A role for BMC ??

21. AJOL appreciates support from: INASP Sida www.ajol.info susan@ajol.info