The Opening Address will spotlight the government’s leadership in transforming Nigeria’s academic publishing ecosystem. It will highlight how the Academic Publishing Centre (APC) network advances national capacity for digital publishing and drives Nigeria’s broader development priorities through the TERAS ecosystem.
Emeritus Prof. Charles Aworh will trace the history of the TETFund Book Development Project and its impact on higher education in Nigeria. He will highlight how the project has supported scholarly publishing, while also examining the challenges of sustainability, quality, and distribution in a rapidly changing knowledge ecosystem..
This presentation will showcase the Academic Publishing Centre (APC) framework for Open Access Book Development in Nigeria, highlighting progress from the FUTMinna BookHub pilot and sharing insights from the collaborative authorship case study at UNILAG. Together, these experiences will illustrate how innovative local initiatives are shaping Nigeria’s pathway towards a coordinated national...
Drawing on the LIBSENSE initiative and WACREN’s regional programmes, this talk situates Nigeria’s Diamond OA book publishing efforts within a broader African context. It will highlight how shared infrastructure (repositories, identifiers, publishing platforms), collaborative governance, and capacity-building are enabling institutions across the region to advance Open Science.
This panel examines how Nigeria can transition from scattered OA book pilots to a cohesive Diamond OA ecosystem. Funders, regulators, publishers, and librarians will discuss governance, TERAS alignment, and incentives for valuing local scholarship.
Participants in the BookHub pilot exchange insights from institutional OA publishing initiatives, highlighting successes, challenges, and lessons for Diamond OA.
An interactive session where participants develop strategies to embed the APC Framework into Nigeria’s higher education system. Breakout groups will address policy, infrastructure, and capacity, shaping a roadmap for a sustainable and inclusive Diamond OA book ecosystem.
This panel examines the balance between openness and the protection of authors’ rights, institutional assets, and sensitive data. Panellists will debunk OA myths and show how Diamond OA aligns with copyright, Creative Commons, and data protection in the Nigerian and African context.
This session will explore how current research assessment practices, often focused on publication counts and impact factors, undervalue local scholarship and limit Diamond OA adoption. Participants will discuss principles and practical steps for more responsible, inclusive, and open evaluation systems.
Participants in the BookHub pilot exchange insights from institutional OA publishing initiatives, highlighting successes, challenges, and lessons for Diamond OA.
Breakout Session
