These workshops convened library and NREN stakeholders in late 2018 and March and April 2019 to discuss the survey and explore how repositories can better engage with NREN services to add value and support the growth of open science in the region.

Each iteration therefore became a step towards producing a rich pool of best practices and information related to a working model for librarians, NRENs and content providers to collaborate to support sustainable Open Access repository development. These activities also produced a viable core of key institutional focal points in higher education institutions.

LIBSENSE Repository Workshop I (Ubuntunet Alliance)

LIBSENSE Repository Workshop I (Ubuntunet Alliance)

This workshop, organized in conjunction with the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and EIFL, convened library and NREN stakeholders to explore how repositories can operate embedded in NREN e-infrastructure and provide a foundation for an innovative, open, distributed and networked resource for scholarly communication and open science in Africa.

The 2-day meeting discussed results of the LIBSENSE survey of how higher education sector librarians view the enabling and constraining factors of their practice as information resource managers especially regarding the development, implementation and maintenance of open access repositories.

The outcomes from this workshop were developed further in two follow-on events; in the WACREN region collocated as a side event with the 2019 conference in Accra, Ghana and in the ASREN region where regional stakeholders met from April 27-29, 2019 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt.

Visit the workshop website. See the report – English | Français

LIBSENSE Repository Workshop II (WACREN)

LIBSENSE Repository Workshop II (WACREN)

This two-day meeting, organized in conjunction with the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and  EIFL convened library and NREN stakeholders in the West and Central African region to explore how repositories can operate embedded in NREN e-infrastructure and provide a foundation for an innovative, open, distributed and networked resource for scholarly communication and open science in Africa.

The participants discussed results of the LIBSENSE survey in the WACREN region with regards to higher education sector librarians view of the enabling and constraining factors of their practice as information resource managers, especially regarding the development, implementation and maintenance of open access repositories.

Visit the workshop website. See the workshop report – English | Français

LIBSENSE Repository Workshop III (ASREN)

LIBSENSE Repository Workshop III (ASREN)

This workshop was organized in conjunction with the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and  EIFL as part of the LIBSENSE Initiative, convenes library and NREN stakeholders in the West and Central African region to explore how repositories can operate embedded in NREN e-infrastructure and provide a foundation for an innovative, open, distributed and networked resource for scholarly communication and open science in Africa.

 

Prior to the workshop, a survey was sent out to librarians in the Higher Education libraries in the Arab Region under ASREN regional network. The workshop discussed and analyzed the results of the survey with regards to higher education sector librarians view of the enabling and constraining factors of their practice as information resource managers, especially regarding the development, implementation and maintenance of open access repositories.

 

This event followed the first LIBSENSE-I workshop that took place in November 2018 in Zanzibar in the region of Ubuntunet Alliance and the second LIBSENSE-II which is taking place in Accra 11-12 March 2019 in the region of WACREN. As ASREN is the regional network for the Arab region, the workshop will include all Arab countries.

Visit the workshop website. See the report – English | Français

Explore AfricaConnect3

  • Vision and Focus

    AfricaConnect3 (AC3) is the third phase of the AfricaConnect project.
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  • Activities

    Series of workshops held to discuss the survey and explore how repositories can better engage with NREN services
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  • Outcomes

    AC3 Outcomes and Key LIBSENSE deliverables in AC3
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