Conferencia realizado del 12 al 14 de setiembre en Lima, Peru del 2012 en el marco del 15º Simposio Internacional de Tesis y Disertaciones Electrónicas (ETD 2012). Evento aupiciado por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) y la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC). / The advent of open access, digitised institutional repositories (IR) changed the way that
research at universities and research institutions are stored, archived, accessed and generally
managed. Statistics shows that only 3% of IRs in the world is situated in Africa. Most of these
are found in institutions in Southern Africa. Nyambi (2011), Anbu (2008) and other authors
report that there are more IRs in Africa, but lament that most are not accessible in open access.
Research (Van Deventer & Pienaar, 2008; Rieger, 2011; Wells, 2009) and others, shows that effective information- and knowledge management, and an awareness of the value of open
access to digital research information are pre-requisites for effective and sustainable IRs
operations. Successful planning and implementation of an IR do not guarantee sustainability
over time. This paper explores possible indicators of sustainability for IRs who are facing the
well documented challenges experienced in African IRs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/622565 |
| Date | 09 1900 |
| Creators | B van Wyk |
| Publisher | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) |
| Source Sets | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject |
| Source | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Académico - UPC |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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