TY - CONF T1 - Open Access in developing countries: African Open Archives T2 - Social Shaping of Digital Publishing: Exploring the interplay between Culture and Technology, 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing Y1 - 2012 A1 - Chalabi, Lydia A1 - Madjid Dahmane KW - Academic Publication KW - Africa KW - Developing Countries KW - Open Access KW - Open Archives KW - Open Repository AB -

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.

JA - Social Shaping of Digital Publishing: Exploring the interplay between Culture and Technology, 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing T3 - ELPUB CY - Guimaraes, Portugal SP - 12-33 J1 - ELPUB2012 ID - oai:elpub.id:122_elpub2012 M3 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-065-9-12 SN - 978-1-61499-065-9 ER -