Tag Archives: open access repositories

Project for open access policies in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

Posted on February 16, 2013 by jgreigshaw

SPIDER –“Open access: knowledge sharing and sustainable scholarly communication in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda” is a new EIFL regional project funded by Spider, the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions … The aim of the project is to raise visbility … Continue reading →

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Open access repositories – training modules

Posted on February 3, 2013 by jgreigshaw

The Confederation of Open Access Repositories has created a number of training modules on: Setting up a repository; Running it; Copyright clearance; Research data management; Interoperability National overviews. Many of them are in English, but some are in French, Portuguese, … Continue reading →

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World Bank and Open Access: Opportunities for Interoperability!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by jgreigshaw

The World Bank launched its Open Knowledge Repository (OKR), a repository built on the dSpace platform, in April 2012 (openknowledge.worldbank.org). The site builds upon the Bank’s existing ‘Open’ initiatives such as Open Data and aims to provide access for all … Continue reading →

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Open access repositories, standards and interoperability

Posted on November 20, 2012 by jgreigshaw

Open access is without doubt a very pertinent issue that needs to be addressed especially for us in this part of the world [Africa]. Though this was not an issue that was discussed much at our last Congress, it  should … Continue reading →

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“Is blogging and tweeting about research papers worth it?”

Posted on June 8, 2012 by jgreigshaw

Melissa Terras, a librarian, put all her research publications on to the University College London’s Open Access Repository. She then wrote blog post about each research project (the stories behind the research which doesn’t get into the published paper) – … Continue reading →

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