Papers presented at the Conference

I Academic Knowledge for Development in Africa

 Keynote speaker: Paul F. Wouters
Open Access, to what for whom?

 Open Access Inevitable for Science and Scholarship in Africa but also for Overall Development,

Subbiah Arunachalam

 Which Knowledge? Whose Reality? An Overview of Knowledge used in the Development Sector,

Mike Powell

 Manifestations of Scholarly Communication in Africa: The Case of the Uganda Health Information Network,

Frederick Kintu

 At the South-eastern Frontier: the Impact of Higher Education Policy on African Research Publication,

Eve Gray

 Spinning an African Academy into the World Wide Web: the Liberatory and Democratic Potential of African Scholarship in Cyberspace,

Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome

 Open Access in Developing and Transition Countries: eIFL and a view from South Africa, Jennifer A. De Beer

II. Bibliometrics and Citations

 Keynote speaker: Peter Lor
Bridging the North-South Divide in Scholarly Communication in Africa : a library and information systems perspective,

Peter Lor

 Measuring International Scientific Impact of Local Research in Developing Countries: An African Case Study,

Robert J.W. Tijssen

 Organising and monitoring research production and performance in Africa: towards Africa Citation Index,

Williams Ezinwa Nwagwu

 Links and Web Impact of Nigerian Universities, PDF

Omoverere Agarin

 Evaluating the Success of Scholarly Publishers,

Elizabeth le Roux

 Research Unleashed?

Marlon Domingus

III. Publishing models for Africa

 La publication académique en panne: Quelles perspectives pour l’Afrique,

Jean Pierre Benoît Idrissa Diouf

 From Print to Internet – an Editor’s Experience, Cyril Belshaw
 Open Access Survey of Africa-published Journal,

Daisy Ouya; Pippa Smart

Applying the Access Principle in the Digital Age: A Case Study Approach,

Garry Rosenberg

 Institutional Repositories: Time for African Universities to Consolidate the Digital Divide,

John Paul Anbu

 Consortia Repositories and Content Management for African Scholarly Publishers,

Jacob Jaygbay

 Online Electronic Publishing some Thoughts for the Future,

Joed Elich

IV. The effects of ICTs on Scholarly Communication

 Keynote speaker: Olivier Sagna
La communication de l’information scientifique et technique en Afrique à l’ère de la société des savoirs partagés

Olivier Sagna

 Managing Digital Information Resources in Africa: Preserving the Integrity of Scholarship,

Christine W. Kanyengo

 The Potential for Virtual Library Services to Promote Teaching and Research and Reduce the Digital Divide: A Case Study of the University of Malawi,

Diston Chiweza

 Weaving Other Anansi Webs: Developing the Electronic Literary Map of Africa,

Miriam Conteh-Morgan

 Enhancing e-journal Use in Kenyan Universities,

George Shibanda Gundu

 L’Université Numérique Tunisienne à l’ère du sommet mondial des sciences de l’information: mythe ou réalité?,

Sofiane Bouhdiba

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