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Gary Rosenberg

Mr Gary Rosenberg is an Independent Consultant, contracted as Research Leader for the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). From 2002 to 2009 he served as Director of the HSRC Press, the publishing arm of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa. Under his leadership the HSRC Press has come to be regarded as a highly reputable publisher, distinguished itself globally as a pioneer of scholarly Open Access publishing and has won international publishing awards. He has contributed to debates on scholarly publishing in forums such as the World Social Science Forum, local and international conferences, regional workshops and has run local capacity-building initiatives. He has worked in the publishing industry for over 15 years.

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The Scholarly Communication and Access to Knowledge in Africa workshop was held in June 2009 and brought together key African and international thought-leaders in the fields of academic publishing, open access, higher education and scholarly communication. This was a planning and scoping opportunity to develop a comprehensive project plan for the Scholarly Communication in Africa project, launched in 2010.

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