Open divide : critical studies on open access / edited by Ulrich Herb, University and State Library, Saarland University (Germany) ; Joachim Schöpfel, Department of Information and Document Sciences, University of Lille (France).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herb, Ulrich, editor.

Schöpfel, Joachim, 1957- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Open access publishing.

Open access publishing--Developing countries.

Communication in science.

Communication in learning and scholarship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Sacramento, California : Library Juice Press, 2018.

Summary:

"Provides a critical assessment of the concept and the reality of open access, with a special attention to its impact in the countries of the Global South"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part one. Global issues

Openness as tool for acceleration and measurement : reflections on problem representations underpinning open access and open science

Open access, a new kind of emerging knowledge regime?

Open/access : negotiations between openness and access to research

The paradox of success

Open access and symbolic gift giving

Cooperative futures : technologies of the common in the collaborative economy

Part two. North/South

The contribution of the Global South to open access

Postcolonial open access

Open access initiatives and networking in the Global South

Open science, open access : opportunities for the Global South, or just another Trojan horse from the North?

A tale of two globes : exploring the North/South divide in engagement with open educational resources

Ubuntu : a social justice pillar for open access in Sub Saharan Africa

Asymmetry and inequality as a challenge for open access : an interview.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63400-068-4