Institutional Repository Capacity Strengthening Programme IR Communication Platform Africa J....

Institutional Repository Capacity Strengthening ProgrammeIR Communication Platform

www.ir-africa.info

Africa J. Bwamkuu – KIT ILS [email protected]

www.kit.nl

Capacity building for open access repository administrators and managers EIFL-OA – KIT – COAR online workshop

27th July, 2011

Talking Points

o Open Access Institutional Repository Capacity Strengthening Programme for Africa ( OA-IRCSP)

IR Communication Platform

• Forums

•Toolkit

•Resources

•News & Events

IR Online community

Engagement & Networking

Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.kit.nl

Open Access Institutional Repositories Capacity strengthening

programme for Africa (OA – IRCSP )

• It is the joint initiative of the Association of African Universities (AAU) with its headquarters, in Accra Ghana and the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in the Netherlands.

• The primary aim of the programme is building and strengthen the capacity among African Universities in establishing and managing the Intellectual output repositories.


Programme – Activities & Deliverables

Toolkit – A compilation set of tools, instructions and information that provides practical information for key steps of setting up and managing repositories within institutions

Training Modules – Training modules, which are the basis of the toolkit content, target different groups involved in establishing and managing repositories within institutions, such as administrators, librarians, technical staff.

Survey report – A public report will provide baseline information on repositories and their common use among the African academic institutions. The report also will highlight the existing challenges and best practices to address them in particular local settings.

Training workshops – To be conducted among the selected African countries, to pilot the training modules and gather feedback for further development of the toolkit.

IR Communication Platform – A website is available for online repositories skills dissemination, knowledge sharing and networking (www.ir-africa.info). The platform serves the community of repository-experts particularly African experts (currently there are over 80 participants).


IR Communication Platform – www.ir-africa.info

• Who is Who – Online community

• Toolkit

• Forums – Knowledge sharing and Networking

• Resources

• News and events


IR Communication home Page


Toolkit Page

ToolkitMajor component that provide practical information on establishing and managing IR


The IR Toolkit - Scope IR establishment steps addressed by Toolkit

1. Initiation/ ideation-Case building phase

2. Planning - Staffing - Budget - Policies - Checklist

2. Implementation - Installation - H/w& S/w

2. Management - Backup - Promotion


IR Toolkit

Toolbox1Case building

Toolbox1Case building

Toolbox2Policies

Toolbox2Policies Toolbox3

Copyrights

Toolbox3Copyrights

Toolbox4Infrastructure assessment

Toolbox4Infrastructure assessment

Toolbox5Checklist

Toolbox5Checklist

Toolbox6Choice Matrix

Toolbox6Choice Matrix

Toolbox7Installation & Configuration

Toolbox7Installation & Configuration

Toolbox8Enhancement

Toolbox8Enhancement Toolbox9

Promotion

Toolbox9Promotion

Toolbox10Plug & Play Tools

Toolbox10Plug & Play Tools

Toolbox11Case studies

Toolbox11Case studies

Toolbox12Key concept s& Links

Toolbox12Key concept s& Links


Resource Page

ResourcesConsists of useful links, manuals and software for repository installation eg LiveCDs images etc.


Resources – Important tools ( Ready made CDs )

• Ready to go CDs; preconfigured with repositories software for installation with minimum set of technical skills ( Like playing Music CD )

• Greenstone and Dspace Live CD

• Dspace virtual machine

• Toolkit LiveCD with Dspace will be available .


News & Events


IR community – who is who


IR online community – Registered & Log in user


IR Communication home Page

Click Create new account to register


IR Communication – Registration

Click – Create new account and fill in the simple form provided. It’s important to

indicate your contacts


Stakeholders’ engagement

Participation

• Survey - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XZN2LHK

• Registering to communication platform ( www.ir-africa.info )

• Feedback to toolkit development

• Active participation in forum topics

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