🔊 #ETD2024 Call for proposals extended!

🆕🗓️You can submit your abstracts until May 17.

💡Topics of interest include #theses #dissertations & #OpenScience #OpenAccess #PIDs #ResearchData and more! 📷etd2024.unza.zm

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📢 Calling African organizations publishing no-fee #OpenAccess journals! Submit your proposal to enhance quality and strengthen sustainability of your #DiamondOA journals bit.ly/49X0U7h ! With AJOLinfo & WACREN, funded by Wellcome
🗓️ Apply by June 17, 2024!

New preprint with Iryna Kuchma and Milica Sevkusic discussing the challenges of the implementation of #multilingualism in #OpenRepositories , with attention to wider concerns such as discoverability and decolonial archival praxis. Ping OPERAS COAR
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Please RT! Have you told us what you think about our metadata? Our community consultation survey is open, and we want to hear from you, so add your voice.

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Hear Dr Buhle Mbambo-Thata EIFL Country Coordinator #Lesotho speak about what makes her proud about #openaccess & #openscience in Lesotho - bit.ly/3T1xiiV Find more videos like this - bit.ly/3T43kLc NUL

Journal publishers and editors – see the updated EIFL checklist of good practices in using Open Journal Systems software for open access journal editing and publishing! #openaccess bit.ly/4a1gFLq

Commitment to #OpenAccess and open science in #Ghana is strong, says Dr Richard Lamptey, Librarian KNUST in this interview with EIFL - bit.ly/43ELdjS. Watch more videos like this - bit.ly/3TQjQ2U

Hear Dr Anna Chulyan EIFL Coordinator in #Armenia speak about the birth and growth of #OA & #openscience in her country - bit.ly/3U1KJRx

📣 #Librarians ! #Trainers ! EIFL Digital Research Literacy #Training Programme Outline for Librarians has been updated. Check it out for new resources on ethical handling of #AI , #copyright , #PredatoryJournals and #RDM : bit.ly/3UcYtI1

Starting week 2 in Ghana with the 2nd EIFL & Ghana Library Authority Training of Trainers workshop, where IT coordinators are learning to facilite digital learning workshops in libraries. Thrilled to have Sarah Ogembo & Yusuf Ganyana from Kenya National Library Service as our trainers!

Last week in #Lusaka I joined Zambia library service team led Sharon Munshya in a series of meetings with the key stakeholders - ZICTA, Smart Zambia & Airtel Zambia. Thank you to everyone for a meaningful exchange on public libraries connecting communities to digital possibilities.

📆 Registration is now open for the next #GraspOS webinar!
Learn about #ReerReview and Responsible #ResearchAssessment and how the OPERAS Peer Review Information Service for Monographs #PRISM can help increase transparency in Peer Review for OA books ➡️ graspos.eu/training-mater…

Our team has been hard at work hosting events to unpack the insights from our landscape report.

You can watch back on our YouTube playlist! 🎥 Dive into in-depth sessions on funding, multilingualism, and more, plus discussions with the OA community.

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Not able to join #OPERAS2024 in person? We have good news for you.

We will stream sessions on April 25 and April 26 on the OPERAS Youtube channel.

Check details on the website — look for the 'streamed' badge on the programme!

bit.ly/day3-operas2024

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In our latest blog, we unpack findings from our Sustainability Research Report.

See what we have learned about the financial sustainability of institutional publishers and read our recommendations on how to make Diamond sustainable at our website: ow.ly/vSXK50RgWni

DOAJ (and we) need your help!
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🔊Submit your proposals for #ETD2024 ! This year's topic is ' #ETDs visibility at a global scale'.

💡Topics of interest include #theses #dissertations & #OpenScience #OpenAccess #PIDs #ResearchData and more!

⏰ The due date is April 26

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University of Zurich withdraws from World University Rankings international university ranking   - swissinfo.ch swissinfo.ch/eng/education/… The list is growing! Sioux McKenna University Wankings Michelle Stack Budd Hall Rajesh Tandon Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social

How financially sustainable is Diamond #OpenAccess in Europe for institutional publishers and service providers? Research findings from 18m DIAMAS Project work out today in new Report! zenodo.org/records/109070… #oadiamond #openaccess #diamondoa #sustainopenscience

👩‍🎓Open4UA is a project which will run for three years with the aim of fostering open science practices in Ukraine.

✅The workshop in Delft 'How to get started with the implementation of Open Science nationally,' is the first of three workshops held this spring.