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SUMMARY:BookHub Collaborative Authoring Workshop – Owerri\, November 10
 –12\, 2026
DTSTART:20261110T070000Z
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DTSTAMP:20260908T070900Z
UID:indico-event-278@indico.wacren.net
CONTACT:apc@bookhub.ng
DESCRIPTION:\nThe BookHub Collaborative Authoring Workshop — South-East 
 Edition is a three-day immersive authoring sprint for university academics
 \, early-career researchers\, librarians\, and publishing professionals af
 filiated with South-East Nigerian universities and Academic Publishing Cen
 tres. Hosted by the FUTO Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Procurement\
 , Environmental and Social Standards at FUTO\, Owerri\, the workshop is co
 -organised by LIBSENSE and the BookHub OA Project Team\, with support from
  the South-East Academic Publishing Centre (APC-SE) and Datasphir Solution
 s.\nThis is the second in a national series of BookHub workshops\, followi
 ng the inaugural South-West edition held at the University of Lagos (July 
 2–4\, 2025). The Owerri workshop establishes a founding South-East cohor
 t within 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 particip
 ants in developing scholarly book proposals and draft manuscripts through 
 structured collaborative authoring sessions\nOnboard participants onto the
  BookHub platform\, repository workflows\, and persistent identifier infra
 structure\nConnect South-East scholars and institutions to Nigeria's natio
 nal open access book publishing programme\n\nWho Should Apply\n\nUniversit
 y academics and researchers at South-East institutions with a draft book i
 dea or manuscript in progress\nEarly-career researchers (including postdoc
 toral fellows and postgraduate students with supervisor endorsement)\nLibr
 arians and information professionals with an interest in open access publi
 shing workflows and repository integration\nEditors and publishing profess
 ionals affiliated with South-East APCs\, university presses\, or instituti
 onal publishing programmes\n\nWhy Participate\n\nJoin a cohort of scholars
  contributing to Nigeria's national open access scholarly publishing progr
 amme\nDevelop your book project through structured editorial mentorship an
 d peer engagement\nGet hands-on experience with the BookHub platform and R
 UMBU repository workflows\nReceive DOI and ARK persistent identifiers for 
 your published work\, with dissemination to DOAB and global library discov
 ery systems\nBe part of the LIBSENSE community of practice for scholarly c
 ommunication across Africa\n\nWorkshop Details\nFormat: In-person immersiv
 e authoring sprint\nCost: Participation is free. Lunch and tea breaks are 
 provided.\nTravel and accommodation: Self-funded unless bursary support is
  arranged through the participant's host institution.\n\nhttps://indico.wa
 cren.net/event/278/
LOCATION:FUTO Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Procurement\, Environmen
 tal and Social Standards
URL:https://indico.wacren.net/event/278/
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