[Irtalk] 3rd & last "The Conversation" article in ASSAf Series on OA 2015: Here’s one way to recover and protect Africa’s ‘lost science’

[Ina Smith]

Dear Colleagues

The last of three ASSAf articles has been published in The Conversation, in support of Open Access Week 2015<http://www.openaccessweek.org/>. Congratulations to the authors – Louise van Heerden and Prof Robin Crewe – on a well written article! The first article<https://theconversation.com/opening-up-access-to-research-and-information-isnt-a-luxury-its-a-necessity-49302?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+October+20+2015+-+3670A+blanket+university+fee+reduction+benefits+the+wealthy+-+and+slows+change&utm_content=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+October+20+2015+-+3670A+blanket+university+fee+reduction+benefits+the+wealthy+-+and+slo> tried to set the scene and highlight the issues our country is facing, the second article<https://theconversation.com/why-its-getting-harder-to-access-free-quality-academic-research-49603?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+October+26+2015+-+3700&utm_content=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+October+26+2015+-+3700+CID_4f054333f1b9043761a488335297040e&utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&utm_term=Why%20its%20getting%20harder%20to%20access%20free%20quality%20academic%20research> tried to highlight challenges in terms of publishing fees, and the third article<https://theconversation.com/heres-one-way-to-recover-and-protect-africas-lost-science-49678?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+October+29+2015+-+3717&utm_content=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+October+29+2015+-+3717+CID_96a72afcbed5988a0ad6b5f9d14a8ce8&utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&utm_term=Heres%20one%20way%20to%20recover%20and%20protect%20Africas%20lost%20science> comes with possible solutions on how the challenges can be addressed.

Read the article:
Here’s one way to recover and protect Africa’s ‘lost science’<https://theconversation.com/heres-one-way-to-recover-and-protect-africas-lost-science-49678?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+October+29+2015+-+3717&utm_content=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+October+29+2015+-+3717+CID_96a72afcbed5988a0ad6b5f9d14a8ce8&utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&utm_term=Heres%20one%20way%20to%20recover%20and%20protect%20Africas%20lost%20science>/ Robin Crewe & Louise van Heerden

We would like to make special mention of the expert contributions made by Prof John Butler-Adam and Prof Crewe, which is highly appreciated! Thank you to both for making themselves available to assist.

All are most welcome to comment and enter into open dialogue re this article.
With kind regards
Ina

Ina Smith
SciELO Planning Manager
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

LIASA Exco Portfolio ICT Development (2014-2016)
LIASA HELIG Chair (2014-2016)

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