Open Access Initiatives in Africa - Structure, Incentives and Disincentives

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-10

  Nwagwu, Williams E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Development; Open access; Science and technology; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872404765     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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