EIFL: Open Access: Maximising Research Quality and Impact workshop in Nepal

01. Workshop programme
02. David Prosser, SPARC Europe Director: Open Access and the Evolving Scholarly Communication Environment.
03. Open access for researchers, policy makers and research managers, libraries. Open access for researchers: enlarged audience and citation impact, tenure and promotion. Open access for policy makers and research managers: new tools to manage a university’s image and impact. Open access for libraries. Maintaining digital repository as a key function for research libraries. Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme manager, eIFL.net - www.slideshare.net/irynak/
04. Dr. Angel Magar, Executive Editor, Journal of Nepal Medical Association: Open Access publishing in Nepal: Case studies: Journal of Nepal Medical Association
05. Dr. Angel Magar, Executive Editor, Journal of Nepal Medical Association: Indexing of Journal of Nepal Medical Association
06. Dr. Angel Magar, Executive Editor, Journal of Nepal Medical Association (JNMA): JNMA Manuscript Processing in 30 days (planned)
07. Dr. Arun Neopane, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society: Open Access publishing in Nepal: Case studies: Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society
08. Open Access publishing in Nepal: Case studies: Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Man Bahadur Khattri, Editor-in-Chief, Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology
09. Before you start: Strategic Planning and Business Cases Before you start: Making a Case - Explaining the need for a repository / open access journal and the expected benefits; Strategic Planning and Business Cases, Defining Scope and Planning Checklists. Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Program manager, eIFL.net - www.slideshare.net/irynak/
10. David Prosser, SPARC Europe Director: Open access policies: An overview.
11. Copyright management. Licensing Open Access content to avoid confusion around use and reuse of the content. Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme manager, eIFL.net - www.slideshare.net/irynak/
12. Setting up repositories Technical Requirements, Repository Software, Tools and Add-ons, Metadata & Workflow. Repository services. Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme manager, eIFL.net - www.slideshare.net/irynak/
13. Management, Population and Marketing of institutional repositories Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme manager, eIFL.net - www.slideshare.net/irynak/

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