Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Academia, Not Edu

http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/academia-not-edu/

Gold OA: How many no-fee articles?

http://walt.lishost.org/2015/10/gold-oa-how-many-no-fee-articles/

Open access institutional repositories: A requirement for academic libraries in the 21st century. A case study of four African universities

http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/18398

Africa produces just 1.1% of global scientific knowledge - but change is coming

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/oct/26/africa-produces-just-11-of-global-scientific-knowledge

South Africa: Why It's Getting Harder to Access Free, Quality Academic Research

http://allafrica.com/stories/201510262525.html

Linguists to Publish Journal Articles in ‘Fair’ Open Access

http://www.ru.nl/english/news-agenda/vm/2015/october/linguists-open-access/

Celebrating 10 years of the Ubuntunet Alliance

https://sciencenode.org/feature/celebrating-10-years-of-the-ubuntunet-alliance.php

How to Switch quickly to Diamond Open Access: The Best Journals are free for authors and readers

http://www.frank-m-richter.de/freescienceblog/2015/10/28/how-to-switch-quickly-to-diamond-open-access-the-best-journals-are-free-for-authors-and-readers/

1science to Disrupt the Scholarly, Scientific and Technical Publishing Industry

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/1science-to-disrupt-the-scholarly-scientific-and-technical-publishing-industry-300167917.html

Open access and Academic Publishing

http://academicbookfuture.org/2015/10/26/open-access-and-academic-publishing/

SUNScholar/Practical guidelines for starting an institutional repository

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Practical_guidelines_for_starting_an_institutional_repository_(IR)

Open Campus (Wiki)

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/OpenCampus

KELL: Affordable Textbooks would lighten university students’ burden

http://www.dailynebraskan.com/opinion/kell-affordable-textbooks-would-lighten-university-students-burden/article_4000e72e-7c46-11e5-a05c-1b5426a2a547.html

History of Women's Education Open Access Portal Project

http://repository.brynmawr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1025&context=lib_pubs

Google Scholar Indexes Open Access Books

http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/KU_Press_Release_Google_Scholar_28Oct2015.pdf

SPARC Africa: capacitating Africa towards access to Open Scholarship

http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/sparc-africa-capacitating-africa-towards-access-to-open