Unam research takes on new dimension

"[T]he Scholarly Communication in Africa programme that was launched early this week....The programme will be conducted with [the U of Namibia and] other universities, namely, the University of Cape Town, University of Mauritius and the University of Botswana....Other aims are to promote the use of open source platforms to improve access to research findings and improve research dissemination locally and internationally, to build capacity in managing sustainable scholarly communication systems, understand the costs and benefits resulting from open access approaches to scholarly communication and enhance interaction with policy makers at various levels, and thus promote solutions that could support the wider visibility of scholarly research at Unam...."