Abstract:
This article explores the state of the knowledge domain and the capacity of scholarly communication on the African continent at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It examines the challenges and opportunities in the digital age and proposes ways of capitalizing on the vast resources of global knowledge.
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| Document Title: | Striving at the periphery, craving for the centre: The realm of african scholarly communication in the digital age |
| Journal: | Journal of Scholarly Publishing |
| Volume: | 35 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| No. of Pages: | 159-171 |
| Document Type: | Journal Article (Peer Reviewed) |
| Subject Area: | Contributory Studies and Research Approaches |
| Country: | African Continent |
| Keywords: | Access to Higher Education, ICT (Information & Communication Technology), Information Age, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Information Society, Information Systems, Information Technology, Innovation, Interactive Learning, Interactive Online Knowledge Communities |
| File Size: | 212 KB |
| Date Added: | 29 March 2012 |