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SUMMARY:BookHub Collaborative Authoring Workshop – Owerri\, November 10
 –12\, 2026
DTSTART:20261110T070000Z
DTEND:20261112T153000Z
DTSTAMP:20260819T114900Z
UID:indico-event-278@indico.wacren.net
CONTACT:apc@bookhub.ng
DESCRIPTION: The BookHub Collaborative Authoring Workshop — South-East E
 dition is a three-day immersive authoring sprint for university academics\
 , early-career researchers\, librarians\, and publishing professionals aff
 iliated with South-East Nigerian universities and Academic Publishing Cent
 res. Hosted by the Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Procurement\, Envir
 onmental and Social Standards at FUTO\, Owerri\, the workshop is co-organi
 sed by LIBSENSE and the BookHub OA Project Team\, with support from the So
 uth-East Academic Publishing Centre (APC-SE) and Datasphir Solutions.\nThi
 s is the second in a national series of BookHub workshops\, following the 
 inaugural South-West edition held at the University of Lagos (July 2–4\,
  2025). The Owerri workshop establishes a founding South-East cohort withi
 n Nigeria's growing open access scholarly book publishing programme.\nWhat
  the Workshop Aims to Do\n\nEstablish a founding South-East cohort of open
  access book authors and publishing professionals\nSupport participants in
  developing scholarly book proposals and draft manuscripts through structu
 red collaborative authoring sessions\nOnboard participants onto the BookHu
 b platform\, repository workflows\, and persistent identifier infrastructu
 re\nConnect South-East scholars and institutions to Nigeria's national ope
 n access book publishing programme\n\nWho Should Apply\n\nUniversity acade
 mics and researchers at South-East institutions with a draft book idea or 
 manuscript in progress\nEarly-career researchers (including postdoctoral f
 ellows and postgraduate students with supervisor endorsement)\nLibrarians 
 and information professionals with an interest in open access publishing w
 orkflows and repository integration\nEditors and publishing professionals 
 affiliated with South-East APCs\, university presses\, or institutional pu
 blishing programmes\n\nWhy Participate\n\nJoin a cohort of scholars contri
 buting to Nigeria's national open access scholarly publishing programme\nD
 evelop your book project through structured editorial mentorship and peer 
 engagement\nGet hands-on experience with the BookHub platform and RUMBU re
 pository workflows\nReceive DOI and ARK persistent identifiers for your pu
 blished work\, with dissemination to DOAB and global library discovery sys
 tems\nBe part of the LIBSENSE community of practice for scholarly communic
 ation across Africa\n\nWorkshop Details\nFormat: In-person immersive autho
 ring sprint\nCost: Participation is free. Lunch and tea breaks are provide
 d.\nTravel and accommodation: Self-funded unless bursary support is arrang
 ed through the participant's host institution.\n\nhttps://indico.wacren.ne
 t/event/278/
LOCATION:Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Procurement\, Environmental a
 nd Social Standards
URL:https://indico.wacren.net/event/278/
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