Access to African Published Research: African Journals Online (AJOL) & NISC SA Complementary Approaches working together. Margaret Crampton www. nisc. co. za & www. ajol. info
Africa needs l l l Access to own African research publications Improvement in worldwide access to African research publications Improvement in the dissemination of African research in Africa & worldwide To share the research publications of the 50+ countries of the Continent Access to the research on Africa scattered worldwide www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
The Traditional African Information Environment (Western influences) l l Access to African publications is problematic Information sources in Africa: Ø Ø l Derive from Europe and America Flow from North to South Western information, although essential: Ø Ø Ø Not always appropriate Not always relevant Is incomplete for Africa’s needs www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
African Information Environment (distributed sources) Thousands of academic journals are published in Africa and about Africa l There is no single database source for African information Ø Databases are scattered Ø Journal web sites are scattered Ø use different formats and software l There is a need to integrated these diverse resources Ø Adjacent countries cannot access their research output Ø The world struggles to access African publications Aggregation is the key www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
NISC SA Contribution Database Aggregations since 1995 l l l Compiles databases Publishes databases Integrates African resources with world sources World footprint NISC SA Database aggregations include: Ø Ø Ø Africa-Wide Ni. PAD Fish, and Fisheries Worldwide Water Resources Worldwide African Health. Line South African Studies www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
AJOL Contribution: aggregates African academic research articles 220+ African Academic journal titles ( and growing) l From 22 African countries l Fully Searchable l Free access to Tables of contents and abstracts Ø Some full text articles (and growing) Ø Journal information Document delivery service l www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
2005 AJOL – moves to African management in association with NISC in South Africa l AJOL now a not for profit company l Moved from INASP in Oxford UK to NISC in Grahamstown South Africa l Funded by international organisations, including Sida, Norad, DFi. D l Now independent but working in association with NISC www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
Combined Mission of AJOL and NISC SA is: Worldwide Promotion of access to African research and the publication output of the Continent in the spirit of NEPAD. www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
AJOL journal selection criteria Scholarly content, and original research l Peer reviewed and quality control l Ability to provide electronic format l Permission for AJOL to operate a document delivery service l Published on the African continent l www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
Number of journals on AJOL www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
Registrations - geographical www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
AJOL Priorities for the future user-related l l l l Addition of new journals online publication of full text (top priority) Website development to serve users’ needs Linking of article references and abstracts on database products and publisher websites to full text Counter compliant Usage statistics Development of a DVD version of AJOL for those with unreliable connectivity Variety of subscription models to serve both users and publishers needs www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
AJOL Priorities for the future journal-related: l l l Addition of new journals in an ongoing fashion online publication of full text (top priority) Website development to serve publishers and editor’s needs Sustainability through income generation Promotion worldwide Development of an Offline system for posting content via e-mail www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
NISC Database Aggregation l Related databases combined l Databases with varying sizes and aims l New databases added at any update l Users benefit from exposure to all databases l Combinations span geography and time l Links to full text No single database can be comprehensive www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
Database overlap and composite records l Duplicate detection software l Builds composite records l Retains all unique contributions from each database in one record l Composite records are “value added” records www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
African Health. Line A Collection of Bibliographic Databases from Africa, the USA and Europe covering relevant African Health Issues Records l Databases l Period l Abstracts l Updates l Access l 806 865 13 1924 to Current Yes quarterly CD, internet (Available on subscription ) FREE with African Health. Line: AIDSearch online or CD-ROM www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
Africa Wide Ni. PAD African Multidisciplinary Information: Social Science, History, Politics, Law, Economics, Development and More Records l Databases l Period 1, 905, 586 39 19 th Century to to Current l Abstract Yes l Updates quarterly l Access CD, internet (Available on subscription) l www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
Bibliographic Databases embed the links, full text is a click away Biologists - Click to species profiles on the web Click directly to fulltext article Contact author : by E-Mail, Snail mail Locate related Articles: lateral search Link to holding library 1 NISC Click to full text article On the web - pay by view Link to publisher’s Site e. g. AJOL Click to free internet sources E-Mail results to: Link to OPAC: • colleagues • Locate print Workstation • librarian for • Locate E-journals Document delivery Database linking functionality is F the key: d r a www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za Databases
NISC Features Include l l l African research integrated with world resources Detailed indexing by subject specialists ensuring relevance for specialists Powerful user-friendly search engine with inbuilt intelligence offering superior retrieval Full text linking capability to electronic articles in E- journals from publishers and journal aggregators worldwide. Detailed usage statistics www. ajol. info & www. nisc. co. za
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