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• Human Science Research Council (HSRC)
• HSRC Press

About this talk

Gary Rosenberg opens the discussion on measuring social and development impact with three key points. The first is a look at the move from the notion of scholarly publishing to scholarly communication as a process of diffusion, for example, HSRC Press’ social networking initiative on Facebook has garnered a new group of followers and supporters who were quite surprisingly different from their initial target group. The second point is on the notion of value, where Gary suggests that scholarship has been caught-up in a neo-liberal interpretation of value. Lastly he speaks on the point of the politics of scholarship, stating that scholarly literature needs to become global, in order for everyone to have a voice in the public space.

About Gary Rosenberg

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. 
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