CC Global Summit: How DOAJ Ambassadors and CC local commun...

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How DOAJ Ambassadors and CC local communities can promote knowledge and usage of CC licensing in the Global South

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Scientific knowledge from the Global South is very much underrepresented in the collective scientific output worldwide. This is not different for Open Access publishing. DOAJ ambassadors worldwide have been educating publishers from their region on Good Open Access publishing practices based on DOAJ criteria and on the use of CC licenses. I By building local CC communities in cooperation with the CC organization the DOAJ programme can further improve the quality of publishing in the global south and act against the Northern dominance in knowledge sharing.

Speakers

Kamel Belhamel

DOAJ Managing Editor - North Africa & Middle East, University of Bejaia

Kamel Belhamel is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bejaia in Algeria, a head of Organic Materials Laboratory and Editor in Chief of Algerian Journal of Natural Products (E-ISSN: 2353-0391 : http://univ-bejaia.dz/ajnp). His scientific activities are focused on the... Read More →

Tom Olyhoek

Editor in Chief, Directory of Open Access Journals

I have done research into tropical and exotic diseases all my life . After obtaining my PhD in molecular microbiology from Amsterdam University I have worked at the Max planck Institut in Berlin for almost 7 years. I have spent several years in Africa doing research on malaria... Read More →