International Workshop On Open Access Repositories: New Model For Scholarly Communication. 28th - 29th April, 2008

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

 

 

 

PROGRAMME

Day One

Time

Event

Resource Persons

8:00-9:00

Registration and Coffee

 

9:00-10:00

Welcome:

  • Vice Chancellor Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
  • Dr. A. Ochai, University Librarian of the University of Jos, Deputy eIFL.net country coordinator, Nigerian University Libraries Consortium
  • Victoria Okojie, the President of the Nigeria Library Association

 

OPEN ACCESS
Chairperson:

10:15-11:00

Introduction to Open Access: What and Why, Open Access Policies and Recommendations, State-of-the-art

David Prosser & Iryna Kuchma

11:00-11:45

Dissemination of scholarly information in Western Africa and Nigeria: How, What and How effective; Open Access in Western Africa

Gideon Christian,
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

11:45-12:00

Coffee brake

OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES  - 12:00-14:00
Chairperson:

12:00-13:00

Open Access repositories: What and Why, Subject and Institutional Repositories, eIFL federated repository, DOAR

David Prosser & Iryna Kuchma

13:00-13:30

Open Access Institutional Repositories: Policies and practices in institutions

 

13:30-14:00

Questions and Answers

 

14:00-15:00

14:00-15:00

 

INSTITUTIONAL  REPOSITORIES: Case Studies 15:00-17:45
Chairperson:

15:00-16:00

Open Access Institutional repository in Ahmadu Bello University: First Steps and Demonstration, Cost-benefit analysis

Ezra Shiloba Gbaje, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

16:00-16:30

Open Access Institutional Repositories in South Africa – cost-benefit analysis, feed-back from academic community, management and promotion

 

16:30-16:45

Coffee brake

 

16:45-17:15

Open Access Institutional repositories in Ukraine – OA mandate from the government, cost-benefit analysis, feed-back from academic community, management and promotion

Iryna Kuchma

17:15-17:45

Questions and Answers

 

Day Two


9:30-10:00

Coffee

 

IMPLEMENTATION OF Institutional Repository
Chairperson:

10:00-10.20

Romeo and Juliet: who art they?

David Prosser

10:20-10:50

Securing faculty and administration support, Management

 

10:40-11:10

Filling institutional repositories:  Copyright and Open content licenses

Rilwanu Adbulsalami, Kaduna State University & Iryna Kuchma

11:10-11:40

Creative Commons Nigeria

Ayo Kusamotu, Kusamotu & Kusamotu

11:40-12:10

Coffee break

 

12:10-12:40

Choosing an institutional repository platform

Ezra Shiloba Gbaje, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

12:40-13:00

Questions and answers

 

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

Group discussions:
-convince yourselves
-convince researchers
-convince management
-open access institutional repositories in Nigeria: challenges and strategies

Facilitators:
Iryna Kuchma and any other volunteers?

14:30-15:30

Report back and Next steps: Policies, Open Access repositories, Open Access Journal

 

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

 

16:00-18:00

Workshop on DSpace installation

Ezra Shiloba Gbaje, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

 

 

 

 

 
Sponsors

 

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Department of Library and Information Science Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

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eIFL.net