Open Access Repository Capacity Strengthening Programme for Africa (OA-RCSP)
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Open Access Repository Capacity Strengthening Programme for Africa (OA-RCSP)
www.ir-africa.info
Peter Hessels
Capacity strengthening and research project focus on:
•International information services•Capacity strengthening in developing countries
• Digital repositories (theme of the presentation)
• Library automation• Content Management systems • Digitization and heritage materials
KIT Information & Library Services - International
Open Access Repository Capacity Strengthening Programme for Africa (OA-RCSP)
A collaborative programme between;
www.kit.nl www.aau.org
&
Other collaborators; • Individual institutions e.g. KNUST; UoG; UEM, etc.
• National Consortia e.g. CARLIGH/Ghana, CEARL/Ethiopia, ZULC/Zimbabwe, etc.
• Regional and International organizations e.g. INASP, eIFL, IDS, UNESCO etc.
Overall objective Facilitating access and use of knowledge, through strengthening the capacity of academic and research institutions in Africa to establish open access digital repositories.
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• Toolkit
• Training modules
• Knowledge sharing platform
• Training and advocacy workshops
• Building communities around related products
• Resource mobilization/ fundraising
Programme's Key activities & products
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The IR Toolkit 1.0
Is the collection of guidelines, tools and other resources, particularly in an academic and research institutions’ environment in Africa, on how to;
• Conceptualize;
• Start;
• Implement; and
• Operate
an Institutional repository
…Development process
•Community based development, KIT as coordinator of versions.
•Individuals and organization across the globe have contributed to the development of the toolkit, particularly from Africa.
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Access and dissemination
Logical steps addressed within the Toolkit
Initiation
Case building phase
Planning Staffing Policies
Choice Matrix
Implementation Installation
Management Copyright management Promotion
• The IR toolkit is open for everyone to access and use.
• Open to everyone to contribute and improve it further…into IR Toolkit 2.0
STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4
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Knowledge sharing platform
Key features
• IR toolkit online version
• Resources
• Forums Knowledge sharing and Networking
• Who is Who – Online community
• It is – www.ir-africa.info
• Online facilitation of exchange and use of IR knowledge
• Programme information dissemination channel
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Training and Advocacy activities Examples
• Sensitization / Advocacy workshop – Accra, Ghana
• IR technical training – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• FOSS tools for knowledge sharing seminar – Dar es salaam, Tanzania
• IR advocacy and technical training – Dar es salaam, Tanzania
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Community building - Stakeholders’ engagement
• Bring together group of interested individuals around product development eg. Toolkit, LiveCDs etc
• Contribute to toolkit development
Work with consortia in African countries;
•On need and gap analysis
• Develop collaborative projects.
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