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Havemann, Jo
Access 2 Perspectives & AfricArXiv, Germany
Kitchen, Stephanie
International African Institute, UK
De Mutiis, Anna
International African Institute, UK
Owango, Joy
TCC Africa & AfricArXiv, Kenya
African Digital Research Repositories: Mapping the Landscape
Bezuidenhout, Louise
University of Oxford & Access 2 Perspectives, UK
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<p>This data set accompanies the text at doi <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3732273">10.5281/zenodo.3732273</a>. // Correspondence: JH: <a href="mailto:info@africarxiv.org">info@africarxiv.org</a>, SK: <a href="mailto:sk111@soas.ac.uk">sk111@soas.ac.uk</a></p>
<p><strong>Visual Map: </strong><a href="https://kumu.io/access2perspectives/african-digital-research-repositories"><strong>https://kumu.io/access2perspectives/african-digital-research-repositories</strong></a><strong> <br>
Dataset: </strong><a href="https://tinyurl.com/African-Research-Repositories"><strong>https://tinyurl.com/African-Research-Repositories</strong></a><br>
<strong>Archived at </strong><a href="https://info.africarxiv.org/african-digital-research-repositories/"><strong>https://info.africarxiv.org/african-digital-research-repositories/</strong></a><strong> <br>
Submission form: </strong><a href="https://forms.gle/CnyGPmBxN59nWVB38"><strong>https://forms.gle/CnyGPmBxN59nWVB38</strong></a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Licensing</strong>: Text and Visual Map – CC-BY-SA 4.0 // Dataset – CC0 (Public Domain) // The licensing of each database is determined by the database itself</p>
<p>Preprint doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3732273">10.5281/zenodo.3732273</a>. <br>
Data set doi: <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3732172">10.5281/zenodo.3732172</a> // available in different formats (pdf, xls, ods, csv)</p>
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<p><strong>The International African Institute (IAI, </strong><a href="https://www.internationalafricaninstitute.org/"><strong>https://www.internationalafricaninstitute.org</strong></a><strong>) in collaboration with AfricarXiv (</strong><a href="https://info.africarxiv.org"><strong>https://info.africarxiv.org</strong></a><strong>) present an interactive map of African digital research literature repositories. This drew from IAI’s earlier work from 2016 onwards to identify and list Africa-based institutional repositories that focused on identifying repositories based in African university libraries. Our earlier resources are available at </strong><a href="https://www.internationalafricaninstitute.org/repositories"><strong>https://www.internationalafricaninstitute.org/repositories</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The interactive map extends the work of the IAI to include organizational, governmental and international repositories. It also maps the interactions between research repositories. In this dataset, we focus on institutional repositories for scholarly works, as defined by Wikipedia contributors (March 2020).</strong><br>
</p>
<p><strong>Objective</strong></p>
<p>The map of African digital repositories was created as a resource to be used in activities addressing the following aims:</p>
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<p>Improving the discoverability of African research and publications </p>
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<p>Enhance the interoperability of existing and emerging African repositories</p>
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<p>Identify ways through which digital scholarly search engines can enhance the discoverability of African research</p>
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</ol>
<p>We promote the dissemination of research-based knowledge from African repositories as part of a bigger landscape that also includes online journals, research data repositories and scholarly book publishers to enhance the interconnectivity and accessibility of such repositories across and beyond the African continent and to contribute to a more granular understanding of the continent’s scholarly resources. </p>
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<p><strong>Data archiving and maintenance</strong></p>
<p>The map and corresponding dataset are hosted on the AfricArXiv website under ‘Resources’ at <a href="https://info.africarxiv.org/african-digital-research-repositories/">https://info.africarxiv.org/african-digital-research-repositories/</a>. The listing is not exhaustive and therefore we encourage any repositories relevant for the African continent not listed here to the <strong>submission form at </strong><a href="https://forms.gle/CnyGPmBxN59nWVB38"><strong>https://forms.gle/CnyGPmBxN59nWVB38</strong></a>, or to notify the International African Institute (email <a href="mailto:sk111@soas.ac.uk">sk111@soas.ac.uk</a>). Both AfricArXiv and IAI will continue to maintain the list of repositories as a resource for African researchers and other stakeholders including international African studies communities.</p>
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