OA workshop at Kenyatta University, Nairobi

On August 29-30, 2012, Kenyatta University will host a workshop to sensitize University Management Board on open access (OA) issues, demonstrate the value of creating institutional OA repositories and establishing institutional level policy frameworks that ensure the greatest visibility of research produced within the Kenyatta University.

The objectives of the workshop are: to create awareness on OA initiatives and policy issues; to promote OA research, scholarship and publishing; to promote Kenyatta University institutional OA repository; to sensitize participants on the role of OA in reducing plagiarism and to strengthen the University presence online, as one of the leading research institutions in Africa. Among the speakers: Iryna Kuchma, EIFL-OA Programme Manager; Pablo de Castro, Director of Operations, GrandIR; William J Nixon, Digital Library Development Manager, University of Glasgow Library; Brian Hole, Ubiquity Press; and Dr. George Gitau Njoroge, University Librarian, Kenyatta University.

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