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African scholarly research is relatively invisible globally because even though research production on the continent is growing in absolute terms, it is falling in comparative terms. In addition, traditional metrics of visibility, such as the Impact Factor, fail to make legible all African scholarly production. Many African universities also do not take a strategic approach to scholarly communication to broaden the reach of their scholars� work. To address this challenge, the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) was established to help raise the visibility of African scholarship by mapping current research and communication practices in Southern African universities and by recommending and piloting technical and administrative innovations based on open access dissemination principles. To do this, SCAP conducted extensive research in four faculties at the Universities of Botswana, Cape Town, Mauritius and Namibia.

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SEEKING IMPACT AND VISIBILITY SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Henry Trotter, Catherine Kell, Michelle Willmers, Eve Gray & Thomas King
SEEKING IMPACT AND VISIBILITY Scholarly Communîcatîon în Southern Afrîca
Henry Trotter, Catherîne Ke, Mîchee Wîmers, Eve Gray & Thomas Kîng
AFRICAN MINDS
Pubîshed în 2014 by Afrîcan Mînds for the Schoary Communîcatîon în Afrîca Programme (SCAP), Unîversîty of Cape Town www.scaprogramme.org.za
Afrîcan Mînds 4 Ecceston Pace, Somerset West, Cape Town, South Afrîca www.afrîcanmînds.org.za
ISBN 978-1-920677-51-0 (Paper) ISBN 978-1-620677-55-8 (e-book)
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Table of contents
Tabes and igures ............................................................................................................................................. vîî Abbrevîatîons....................................................................................................................................................vîîî Project group ..................................................................................................................................................... xî Acknowedgements ..........................................................................................................................................xîîî
Executîve summary......................................................................................................... 1
Chapter 1. Programme overvîew .................................................................................. 9 Schoary în/vîsîbîîty...........................................................................................................................................11 Open access for deveopment ...........................................................................................................................14 Technoogy and capacîty ...................................................................................................................................15 Project descrîptîon.............................................................................................................................................16
Chapter 2. Project components and methodology.................................................... 19 Seectîon of pîot sîtes .......................................................................................................................................19 The prîncîpa învestîgatîon (PI) team ..................................................................................................................21 Methodoogy ....................................................................................................................................................22 Cutura Hîstorîca Actîvîty Theory (CHAT) ..................................................................................................22 CHAT prîncîpes.........................................................................................................................................24 Change aboratorîes ..................................................................................................................................24 Research components .......................................................................................................................................25 Expansîve earnîng and change/advocacy...........................................................................................................26 Research strands ..............................................................................................................................................28 Research and communîcatîon practîce.......................................................................................................28 Vaues ......................................................................................................................................................30 Impact ......................................................................................................................................................32 Cost-beneit..............................................................................................................................................33 Impementatîon înîtîatîve...................................................................................................................................33 Integratîon and anaysîs of data.........................................................................................................................34 Concusîon........................................................................................................................................................35
Chapter 3. The Southern Afrîcan unîversîty context................................................. 37 Southern Afrîca.................................................................................................................................................37 Hîstory ......................................................................................................................................................38 Demographîcs ...........................................................................................................................................38 Fundîng ....................................................................................................................................................38 Human capîta...........................................................................................................................................39 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................39 Research ...................................................................................................................................................40 Management ............................................................................................................................................41 Unîversîty of Botswana......................................................................................................................................42 Hîstory ......................................................................................................................................................42 Demographîcs ...........................................................................................................................................42 Fundîng ....................................................................................................................................................43 Human capîta...........................................................................................................................................44 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................44 Research ...................................................................................................................................................44
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Management ............................................................................................................................................45 Unîversîty of Cape Town....................................................................................................................................46 Hîstory ......................................................................................................................................................47 Demographîcs ...........................................................................................................................................48 Fundîng ....................................................................................................................................................49 Human capîta...........................................................................................................................................44 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................50 Research ...................................................................................................................................................50 Management ............................................................................................................................................51 Unîversîty of Maurîtîus ......................................................................................................................................51 Hîstory ......................................................................................................................................................52 Demographîcs ...........................................................................................................................................52 Fundîng ....................................................................................................................................................52 Human capîta...........................................................................................................................................53 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................53 Research ...................................................................................................................................................54 Management ............................................................................................................................................55 Unîversîty of Namîbîa ........................................................................................................................................56 Hîstory ......................................................................................................................................................57 Demographîcs ...........................................................................................................................................58 Fundîng ....................................................................................................................................................58 Human capîta...........................................................................................................................................59 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................59 Research ...................................................................................................................................................60 Management ............................................................................................................................................61 Concusîon........................................................................................................................................................61
Chapter 4. Scholarly communîcatîon polîcy landscape în Southern Afrîca ............. 63 The înternatîona context ..................................................................................................................................63 Open access goes maînstream...................................................................................................................64 Revîsed approaches to assessîng împact ....................................................................................................66 The natîona context .........................................................................................................................................68 Botswana..................................................................................................................................................69 South Afrîca ..............................................................................................................................................70 Maurîtîus ..................................................................................................................................................73 Namîbîa ....................................................................................................................................................75 The înstîtutîona context....................................................................................................................................76 Unîversîty of Botswana ..............................................................................................................................76 Unîversîty of Cape Town............................................................................................................................79 Unîversîty of Maurîtîus ..............................................................................................................................80 Unîversîty of Namîbîa ................................................................................................................................82 Anaysîs.............................................................................................................................................................86
Chapter 5. Research and communîcatîon practîces .................................................. 89 Facuty proies ..................................................................................................................................................90 Posîtîons ...................................................................................................................................................91 Saary scaes ..............................................................................................................................................92 Tîme spent on teachîng, research and admînîstratîon ........................................................................................93 Vaues ...............................................................................................................................................................94 Open access ............................................................................................................................................103 Research and dîssemînatîon cyce ....................................................................................................................106 Conceptuaîsatîon ...................................................................................................................................106
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Data coectîon and anaysîs.....................................................................................................................111 Artîcuatîon of indîngs............................................................................................................................114 Transatîon and engagement ...................................................................................................................126 Rewards and încentîves ...................................................................................................................................129 Do these reward and încentîve systems achîeve theîr goas? ....................................................................136 Concusîon......................................................................................................................................................138
Chapter 6. The SCAP împlementatîon înîtîatîve ...................................................... 141 UB Department of Lîbrary and Informatîon Studîes..........................................................................................142 Chaenges ..............................................................................................................................................142 Impementatîon focus .............................................................................................................................144 Impementîng the înîtîatîve ......................................................................................................................146 Lessons earned.......................................................................................................................................148 UCT Southern Afrîcan Labour and Deveopment Research Unît .......................................................................149 Chaenges ..............................................................................................................................................150 Impementatîon focus .............................................................................................................................151 Interventîon: OpenSALDRU .....................................................................................................................152 Interventîon: Round-tabe poîcy forum ...................................................................................................154 Interventîon: Interna communîcatîon toos .............................................................................................155 Lessons earned.......................................................................................................................................155 UoM Facuty of Scîence ...................................................................................................................................156 Chaenges ..............................................................................................................................................156 Impementatîon focus .............................................................................................................................161 The Proiîng Academîcs Onîne (PAO) înîtîatîve ........................................................................................162 Impementatîon înîtîatîve resuts ..............................................................................................................164 Lessons earned.......................................................................................................................................165 UNAM Facuty of Humanîtîes and Socîa Scîences ............................................................................................166 Chaenges ..............................................................................................................................................166 Impementatîon focus .............................................................................................................................168 Interventîon ............................................................................................................................................168 Lessons earned.......................................................................................................................................174 Concusîon......................................................................................................................................................175
Chapter 7. Challenges, contradîctîons and opportunîtîes....................................... 177 Chaenges ......................................................................................................................................................177 Instîtutîona cuture .................................................................................................................................178 Research cuture......................................................................................................................................180 Fundîng ..................................................................................................................................................183 Tîme .......................................................................................................................................................185 e-Infrastructure .......................................................................................................................................186 Skîs and capacîty ...................................................................................................................................187 Afrîcan margînaîsatîon ...........................................................................................................................188 Contradîctîons ................................................................................................................................................191 Artîcuatîon vs împementatîon ...............................................................................................................191 Open vs cosed communîcatîon ...............................................................................................................193 Teachîng vs admînîstratîon vs research vs practîce....................................................................................195 Quantîty vs quaîty ..................................................................................................................................199 Prestîge vs reevance ...............................................................................................................................200 Schoar-to-schoar vs schoar-to-communîty/government communîcatîon.................................................202 Opportunîtîes..................................................................................................................................................204 Instîtutîona cuture .................................................................................................................................204
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Research înfrastructure............................................................................................................................207 Rewards and încentîves ...........................................................................................................................208 Open access ............................................................................................................................................210 Gateway status .......................................................................................................................................212 The vîrtuous fundîng cyce.......................................................................................................................213 Innovatîon-focused întermedîarîes ...........................................................................................................214 e-Infrastructure .......................................................................................................................................215 Quaîty assurance ....................................................................................................................................217 Concusîon......................................................................................................................................................219
Chapter 8. Key indîngs ............................................................................................. 221 Research and communîcatîon practîces ..........................................................................................................222 Vaues .....................................................................................................................................................222 Research productîon................................................................................................................................223 Outputs ..................................................................................................................................................224 Communîcatîon ......................................................................................................................................225 Networks and coaboratîon ....................................................................................................................226 Research cuture......................................................................................................................................227 Poîcy ..............................................................................................................................................................228 Instîtutîona cuture .................................................................................................................................228 Open access ............................................................................................................................................229 Infrastructure and capacîty ..............................................................................................................................230 Capacîty..................................................................................................................................................230 Research înfrastructure ...........................................................................................................................231
Chapter 9. Recommendatîons ................................................................................... 233 To natîona governments .................................................................................................................................233 To unîversîty admînîstratîons............................................................................................................................234 To unîversîty schoars.......................................................................................................................................235 To research fundîng agencîes...........................................................................................................................235
References ................................................................................................................. 237
Tables and igures
Tabe 2.1 Tabe 2.2 Tabe 3.1 Tabe 3.2 Tabe 5.1 Tabe 5.2 Tabe 5.3 Tabe 5.4 Tabe 5.5 Tabe 5.6 Tabe 5.7 Tabe 5.8 Tabe 5.9 Tabe 5.10 Tabe 6.1 Tabe 6.2
Rankîng of SADC countrîes în terms of ISI papers per mîîon of the popuatîon Tota number of partîcîpants în SCAP’s forma research processes Comparatîve natîona îndîcators Comparatîve înstîtutîona îndîcators Unîversîty saary scaes Comparîson of vaues: why schoars conduct and dîssemînate research Response to statement: “Afrîcan schoarshîp shoud be freey avaîabe on the web” Most împortant prînt materîas Onîne sources consuted “often” for academîc materîas Responses to: “Do you cîrcuate your research prîor to pubîcatîon?” Responses to: “Is your research avaîabe onîne for the genera pubîc?” UCT Comm schoars’ performance assessment weîghts UoM Promotîon assessment guîdeînes UNAM poînt aocatîons for schoary outputs Comparîson of CMS vs reposîtory beneit for SALDRU content curatîon Phases în the SALDRU pîot round-tabe process
Fîgure 1.1 Representatîon of goba scîentîic output, by proportîon of ISI artîce productîon Fîgure 2.1 Representatîon of an actîvîty system în the CHAT tradîtîon Fîgure 2.2 Dîagrammatîc overvîew of the SCAP operatîona approach Fîgure 2.3 Overvîew of SCAP research and împementatîon schedue Fîgure 2.4 UoM FoS actîvîty system trîange popuated wîth change aboratory materîa Fîgure 5.1 Facuty age proies Fîgure 5.2 Facuty posîtîons/ranks proies Fîgure 5.3 Sef-reported proportîon of tîme spent on teachîng-reated actîvîtîes Fîgure 5.4 Vaues motîvatîng UB FoH schoars to conduct and dîssemînate research Fîgure 5.5 Vaues motîvatîng UCT Comm schoars to conduct and dîssemînate research Fîgure 5.6 Vaues motîvatîng UoM FoS schoars to conduct and dîssemînate research Fîgure 5.7 Vaues motîvatîng UNAM FHSS schoars to conduct and dîssemînate research Fîgure 5.8 Comparîson of prîmary vaues motîvatîng productîon of research at facutîes Fîgure 5.9 Tradîtîona “cosed” research and communîcatîon cyce Fîgure 5.10 New “open” research and communîcatîon cyce Fîgure 5.11 Top fundîng sources for respondents’ research projects over the past two years Fîgure 5.12 UB FoH research productîon over two years Fîgure 5.13 UCT Comm research productîon over two years Fîgure 5.14 UoM FoS research productîon over two years Fîgure 5.15 UNAM FHSS research productîon over two years Fîgure 5.16 Response to: “Do you fee part of a broader research network of schoars?” Fîgure 5.17 Locatîon of schoary research networks and communîtîes Fîgure 5.18 Vîsua representatîon of rewards and încentîves’ reatîonshîp to împact Fîgure 6.1 Scîentîic coaboratîon – goba perspectîve Fîgure 6.2 Scîentîic coaboratîon – Maurîtîus în perspectîve Fîgure 6.3 Comparatîve înternatîona downoad speeds (kbps) Fîgure 6.4 Afrîcan undersea cabes present and panned to 2013 Fîgure 6.5 UNAM înstîtutîona reposîtory ocatîon în the schoary communîcatîon system
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Abbrevîatîons
ADSL ANC APC CASR CBBR CC CC-BY-SA CCRC CERN CET CHAT CHED CHET CMS Comm CRIS CV DANIDA DHET DLIS DOI DRPC DVC EASSy EC ERC ETDs EU FHSS FoH FoS FTE GDP GER HEI HERANA HINARI HoD HOORC HSRC HTML IBSS ICT IDRC ILRC IMF
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Asymmetrîc Dîgîta Subscrîber Lîne Afrîcan Natîona Congress (South Afrîca) artîce processîng charge Centre for Appîed Socîa Research (UoM) Centre for Bîomedîca and Bîomaterîas Research (UoM) content coordînator Creatîve Commons (îcense) – Attrîbutîon and Share Aîke Consutancy and Contract Research Centre (UoM) European Organîsatîon for Nucear Research Centre for Educatîona Technoogy (UCT) Cutura Hîstorîca Actîvîty Theory Centre for Hîgher Educatîon Deveopment (UCT) Centre for Hîgher Educatîon Transformatîon (South Afrîca) content management system Facuty of Commerce (UCT) current research înformatîon system currîcuum vîtae Danîsh Internatîona Deveopment Agency Department of Hîgher Educatîon and Traînîng (South Afrîca) Department of Lîbrary and Informatîon Studîes (UB) dîgîta object îdentîier Departmenta Research and Pubîcatîons Commîttee (UB) deputy vîce chanceor Eastern Afrîca Submarîne cabe System European Commîssîon European Research Councî eectronîc theses and dîssertatîons European Unîon Facuty of Humanîtîes and Socîa Scîences (UNAM) Facuty of Humanîtîes (UB) Facuty of Scîence (UoM) fu-tîme equîvaent gross domestîc product gross enroment ratîo hîgher educatîon înstîtutîon Hîgher Educatîon Research and Advocacy Network în Afrîca Heath InterNetwork Access to Research Inîtîatîve head of department Harry Oppenheîmer Okavango Research Centre (UB) Human Scîences Research Councî (South Afrîca) hypertext mark-up anguage Internatîona Bîbîography of the Socîa Scîences înformatîon and communîcatîons technoogy Internatîona Deveopment Research Centre (Canada) Informatîon and Learnîng Resource Centre (UNAM) Internatîona Monetary Fund
IP IR ISI IT JISC JPG JRF kbps LION LMS LTS MECHR MESR MICT MRC MRC MTESRT MUR N$ NCRST NGO NHS NIH NIHR NRF OAI-PMH OA OARE ODL OER OJS OpenDOAR ORD OSISA P PALM PAO PDF PERîî PHP PI PLOS PMS QA R&D RA RC
înteectua property înstîtutîona reposîtory Instîtute for Scîentîic Informatîon înformatîon technoogy Joînt Informatîon Systems Commîttee Joînt Photographîc Experts Group junîor research feow kîobytes per second Lower Indîan Ocean Network earnîng management system Lînux Termîna Server Mînîstry of Educatîon, Cuture and Human Resources (Maurîtîus) Mînîstry of Educatîon and Scîentîic Research (Maurîtîus) Mînîstry of Informatîon and Communîcatîon Technoogy (Maurîtîus) Maurîtîus Research Councî Mutî-dîscîpînary Research Councî (UNAM) Mînîstry of Tertîary Educatîon, Scîence, Research and Technoogy (Maurîtîus) Maurîtîan rupees (currency) Namîbîan doar Natîona Commîssîon on Research, Scîence and Technoogy (Namîbîa) non-governmenta organîsatîon Natîona Heath Servîce (UK) Natîona Instîtutes of Heath (USA) Natîona Instîtute for Heath Research (UK) Natîona Research Foundatîon (South Afrîca) Open Archîves Inîtîatîve Protoco for Metadata Harvestîng open access Onîne Access to Research în the Envîronment Open and Dîstance Learnîng open educatîona resource Open Journa System Open Dîrectory of Open Access Reposîtorîes Ofice of Research and Deveopment (UB) Open Socîety Inîtîatîve of Southern Afrîca Botswana pua (currency) Pubîshîng and Aternatîve Lîcensîng Mode Proiîng Academîcs Onîne portabe document format Programme for the Enhancement of Research Informatîon Persona (Home Page) Hypertext Processor prîncîpa învestîgatîon Pubîc Lîbrary of Scîence performance management system (UB) quaîty assurance research and deveopment research assîstant research coordînator
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