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Themes

The theme of the Conference is: Networked scholarship in a networked world: participation in open access.  Given that the Conference will be held in Africa, the sub-themes to be explored are concomitant with the development and transformative agenda of open access.  The sub-themes are:

• Transformation through open access
  - Transformative impact of open access
  - Funding and sustainability
  - Transformation in publishing
• Open access and other forms of openness
  - Open education
  - Access to research data and cultural heritage
  - Open research
  - Grey literature
• Benefits of open access for scholarship and wider society
  - Open access and empowerment
  - Open access and innovation
  - Open access and economic growth
• Open access and improving assessment of research and scholarly publishing
  - Article level-metrics
  - Assessment metrics
  - National assessment exercises
• Networked scholarship
  - Global scholarship
  - South-South coalitions
  - Interdisciplinary research
  - Early career researchers
  - Student engagement