Scholarly publishing in Ghana: The role of Ghana universities press

Journal of Scholarly Publishing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 120-123

  Ganu, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

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EID: 13844283543     PISSN: 11989742     EISSN: 17101166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Government of Ghana, Report of the Commission on University Education in Ghana 1960-1961 (Accra: Ministry of Information 1961): paragraph 82
2. University of Chicago, The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers, 14th Edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1993): 641
3. K.M. Ganu, Report on Feasibility Study on Recapitalization of Ghana Universities Press (Accra: Ghana Universities Press 1992)
4. Speech delivered on 12 November 1996 at the launching of seven titles published by Ghana Universities Press in 1996 at the Teachers' Hall, Accra
5. I recently carried out an evaluation of international competitive bids for the printing of primary school books, syllabuses, and teachers' handbooks for the Ministry of Education. The samples provided by Ghanaian printers were abysmally low on colour separation and production.
6. Esther M. Pacheco, 'Scholarly Publishing in the Asia/Pacific Region, 1991-1993: A Summary of the IASP-UNESCO Survey,' MSP Newsletter 3 (1995)
7. Alli A.S. Mcharazo and Anthony Olden, 'The Intra-African Book Support Scheme and Publishing and Library Supply in Kenya and Tanzania,' The New Review of Library and Information Research 2 (1996)
8. One thousand copies published sold out within twelve months, the first work to attain this feat in the year of publication. Abotchie's book has been reprinted.
9. Tonnes Bekker-Nielsen, 'The University as Publisher,' MSP Newsletter 4 (1995)