[Irtalk] How academic journals price out developing countries - Professor Adam Habib

[Matizirofa, Lazarus]

FYI

Universities libraries in the developed world are struggling to pay academic journal subscription costs - so how can universities in developing countries hope to pay?

In this Q+A, Professor Adam Habib, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Innovation and Advancement at the University of Johannesburg outlines some of the ways a for-profit academic journal model affects developing countries. Follow link:

http://theconversation.edu.au/how-academic-journals-price-out-developing-countries-2484



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Lazarus Matizirofa
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