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;

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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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Peter Hessels

KIT ILS

P.Hessels@kit.nl

T +31 (0)20 568 8535