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Breaking out of the linguistic ghetto? The role of new media in facilitating international research.

Johnson, Ian M.

Authors

Ian M. Johnson



Abstract

The paper reviews some of the challenges faced by researchers whose principal language is not English in accessing appropriate literature. Taking the experience of the Latin American countries as an example, it discusses the challenges implicit in the international ranking of scholarly journals, as well as the barriers imposed by print publishing and by existing indexing services. It considers critically the implications of the emergence of electronic journals, open access publishing, and the development of institutional repositories. Finally, it discusses the issues for researchers that are raised by the new media, including access, sustainability, quality control and the underpinning pedagogic culture. This paper draws on research undertaken in 2004 and 2005 by an international team supported by the European Commission's ALFA Programme. The research project, REVISTAS, investigated the feasibility of digitizing professional journals published in Spanish and Portuguese, particularly those published in Latin America, as a means of raising the quality of teaching and research.

Citation

JOHNSON, I.M. 2006. Breaking out of the linguistic ghetto? The role of new media in facilitating international research. Information development [online], 22(4), pages 300-308. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666906072948

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 30, 2006
Online Publication Date Nov 30, 2006
Publication Date Nov 30, 2006
Deposit Date Oct 30, 2008
Publicly Available Date Oct 30, 2008
Journal Information development
Print ISSN 0266-6669
Electronic ISSN 1741-6469
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 22
Issue 4
Pages 300-308
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666906072948
Keywords Latin America; Research; Development; Electronic publishing; Indexing; Language barrier
Public URL http://hdl.handle.net/10059/235

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