Open access in developing countries: African open archives¹

Issue title: 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing – ELPUB 2012 – Social Shaping of Digital Publishing: Exploring the Interplay between Culture and Technology

Guest editors: Ana BaptistaGuest Editor, Peter LindeGuest Editor, Niklas LavessonGuest Editor and Miguel A. BritoGuest Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Chalabi, Lydia^{a; b; *} | Dahmane, Madjid^a

Affiliations: [a] DRDSI, CERIST Research Center, Algiers, Algeria. E-mail: mdahmane@mail.cersit.dz | [b] Information Science Department, University of Algeirs 2, Algeirs, Algeria. E-mails: lchalabi@mail.cerist.dz, net_lydia@yahoo.fr

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Lydia Chalabi, DRDSI, CERIST Research Center, Algiers, Algeria. E-mails: lchalabi@mail.cerist.dz, net_lydia@yahoo.fr.

Note: [1] Paper also published in the Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, ISBN 978-1-61499-064-2.

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a study on the open archives in developing countries. It provides the elements of type, size and contents of open archives. The methodology is based on information collected from open repository websites. The survey is based on an almost exhaustive sample list of developing countries websites retrieved from directories and a list of open repositories. The purpose of this study, carried out from 2011 up to now, is to measure, at a second level, the impact of open access on the Algerian researchers by analyzing their practices related to open access, through the identification of their scientific publications at a second level in the open archives, in which they can deposit.

Keywords: Open access, developing countries, open repository, open archives, academic publication, Africa

DOI: 10.3233/ISU-2012-0640

Journal: Information Services & Use, vol. 31, no. 3-4, pp. 111-119, 2011