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Universities need imaginative, ICT-enhanced presses

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: How are African university presses, which have an important mission and unique contribution to make to the African knowledge base, faring under the global scholarly publishing industry's current 'market' conditions? Scholarly book publishing is in trouble. Two contrary developments can be observed internationally. On the one hand, there are perceptions in academia of 'robber capitalism' on the part of the large commercial publishers as they protect their oligopoly in the face of dissolving spatial barriers and diminishing value add.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32382990

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Publishing and Scholarly Communication

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162195385

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