LIBSENSE

Building communities of practice and strengthening local and national services for open science and research in Africa -

[Eko-Konnect @EkoKonnect]

1/7 eduID. ng, Nigeria's Identity Federation has convened its first Assembly of Members, bringing together 17 universities and polytechnics from across Nigeria.

[Nigerian REN (NgREN) @NigerianREN]

#NUC Urges Replication of Open Science Initiative as #WACREN Trains Early Career Researchers https://t.co/eDy0Pj8Re2

[LIBSENSE @LIBSENSE]

LIBSENSE will host the Open Science Symposium – The Gambia 🇬🇲 as a pre-event to #WACREN2026 in Banjul. Bringing together university leaders, librarians, policymakers, researchers, IT directors & national agencies to catalyse national #OpenScience policy development.

[WACREN @WACREN]

How can African HEIs protect their digital scholarly assets and reduce dependence on closed, proprietary systems? Session 4 explores building open, interoperable, community-governed infrastructure for📚Journals, repositories, publishing platforms etc.
=> https://t.co/GIJIE6Ig7w

[Eko-Konnect @EkoKonnect]

4 years of building. Now it's yours to govern.
https://t.co/7RfzJRHCGE is formally activating and giving Nigerian universities, polytechnics & research institutions direct ownership of their digital identity.
Take your seat ��� https://t.co/e8QxWWuhZV
#eduIDng #Nigeria

[LIBSENSE @LIBSENSE]

#LIBSENSE is hosting an #OpenScience Leadership Workshop on April 28-29, 2026, for early career researchers in Nigeria.
🔹 For co-creating leadership frameworks and toolkits.
🔹 Selected participants will become ECR Champions
Deadline: Feb. 28, 2026
https://t.co/CUiDNPwvQZ

[WACREN @WACREN]

🚀 The @ORCID_Org -WACA Project launches with two calls:
https://t.co/5lMFG9kDu0
🔹 Community of Practice
🔹 Ambassador Programme
These calls support efforts to strengthen researcher identification, improve attribution of scholarly outputs, and advance ORCID and #PID adoption 🌍

[LIBSENSE @LIBSENSE]

🇳🇬 LIBSENSE (Nigeria) Call for Interest:
BookHub Discovery & Distribution Pilot

Details & EOI 👉 https://t.co/sZdQ3GBIAl

[EIFL @EIFLnet]

We’ve compiled a selection of resources to help journal publishers & editors to address challenges of working with AI in Diamond #OpenAccess journal publishing. Take a look - https://t.co/TjbWHqRKVn #ArtificialIntelligence @LIBSENSE @WACREN @AJOLinfo

[LIBSENSE @LIBSENSE]

Join a vibrant network of African no-fee journal editors, united by a shared commitment to advancing Diamond #OpenAccess (OA) publishing in Africa.

Details - https://t.co/gffbQy2RP7

Apply - https://t.co/JNbGYP6zmO
@EIFLnet @LeCames @WACREN

[WACREN @WACREN]

WACREN, with @LeCames , MESRI, MDENP & UV-BF with support from @EIFLnet hosts a national #DiamondOpenAccess (DOA) workshop on 13 Nov 2025 at UVBF, Ouagadougou 🇧🇫
📌Goals: agree on the national DOA policy framework & launch the pilot publishing platform.
🔗 https://t.co/OJU1HDEHSr

[LIBSENSE @LIBSENSE]

At the LIBSENSE-DOAJ #OAWeek2025 webinar, Dr. Oluchi Okere , @DOAJplus Ambassador for West Africa, shed more light on:
👉 what DOAJ indexing represents,
👉why it matters for hashtag#African scholarly journals, among others

Watch recorded video here - https://t.co/NxNb5pTJPn

[LIBSENSE @LIBSENSE]

#LIBSENSE is proud to join the global 🌍#ScholarlyCommunication community in celebrating International #OpenAccessWeek 🔓2025 (Oct 20–26)!
👉 Explore our exciting line-up of activities for the week: https://t.co/etXvF63jZW
@COAR_eV @EIFLnet @DOAJplus @DOABooks @WACREN @AC3_News

[LIBSENSE @LIBSENSE]

This webinar is part of a string of activities LIBSENSE has lined up to celebrate the #OAWeek. Register now - https://t.co/AadGKdQ4GU @DOAJplus

[WACREN @WACREN]

Join the LIBSENSE–DOAJ Webinar on strengthening #African journals! 22 Oct 2025 | 10 UTC | Zoom. Participants will:
✨ gain editorial & publishing insights
✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility
✨ learn to counter predatory publishing
🔗 https://t.co/Ty9jvX3jmt @DOAJplus

[EIFL @EIFLnet]

Learn about #AI tools to support scholarly journal editors at the meeting 17 Sept 10:00 UTC of the Community of Practice (CoP) for no-fee #openaccess publishing in #Africa. Join the CoP & register for the meeting – https://t.co/ELswegrBD9 @WACREN @AJOLinfo @EIFLnet

[LIBSENSE @LIBSENSE]

📢 Participez au webinaire LIBSENSE & @doajplus
🗓️ Jeudi 30 oct. 2025 | ⏰ 10h00 UTC | 💻 Zoom
👉 Inscription : https://t.co/SSLD0ozf6J
✅ Renforcez vos pratiques éditoriales
✅ Boostez visibilité & crédibilité des revues africaines
✅ Luttez contre les pratiques prédatrices

[WACREN @WACREN]

Join the LIBSENSE–DOAJ Webinar on strengthening #African journals! 22 Oct 2025 | 10 UTC | Zoom. Participants will:
✨ gain editorial & publishing insights
✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility
✨ learn to counter predatory publishing
🔗 https://t.co/Ty9jvX3jmt @DOAJplus

[WACREN @WACREN]

The latest issue of our #eNGAGE newsletter is here! Read now: https://t.co/LVvCnUfASz. Learn about:
✅ WACREN's new cyber threat intelligence platform
✅ WACREN's decision to host future annual conferences on campuses
✅ A new era of open access book publishing in Nigeria 🇳🇬

[EIFL @EIFLnet]

DEADLINE – 6 JUNE – 2nd @EIFLnet @AJOLinfo @WACREN call for proposals to strengthen no-fee #OpenAccess publishing in Africa. Eligibility & application details https://t.co/7DljHo3aIZ. See projects funded through 1st first call – https://t.co/o2Tzdu7MX8

[WACREN @WACREN]

WACREN is pleased to announce an open call for piloting #RUMBU - a shared, community-governed #repository platform for Nigerian 🇳🇬 institutions. ‘RUMBU’ aims to bridge the infrastructure gap in Nigeria's research landscape, to foster collaboration, enhance hashtag#research visibility, and ensure compliance with global #openscience standards. See details of the call here => https://t.co/j7qk2sdGUZ @LIBSENSE @AulnuOfficial @AC3_News