The BookHub Collaborative Authoring Workshop — South-East Edition is a three-day immersive authoring sprint for university academics, early-career researchers, librarians, and publishing professionals affiliated with South-East Nigerian universities and Academic Publishing Centres.
Hosted by the 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 Solutions.
This 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 within Nigeria's growing open access scholarly book publishing programme.
What the Workshop Aims to Do
- Establish a founding South-East cohort of open access book authors and publishing professionals
- Support participants in developing scholarly book proposals and draft manuscripts through structured collaborative authoring sessions
- Onboard participants onto the BookHub platform, repository workflows, and persistent identifier infrastructure
- Connect South-East scholars and institutions to Nigeria's national open access book publishing programme
Who Should Apply
- University academics and researchers at South-East institutions with a draft book idea or manuscript in progress
- Early-career researchers (including postdoctoral fellows and postgraduate students with supervisor endorsement)
- Librarians and information professionals with an interest in open access publishing workflows and repository integration
- Editors and publishing professionals affiliated with South-East APCs, university presses, or institutional publishing programmes
Why Participate
- Join a cohort of scholars contributing to Nigeria's national open access scholarly publishing programme
- Develop your book project through structured editorial mentorship and peer engagement
- Get hands-on experience with the BookHub platform and RUMBU repository workflows
- Receive DOI and ARK persistent identifiers for your published work, with dissemination to DOAB and global library discovery systems
- Be part of the LIBSENSE community of practice for scholarly communication across Africa
Workshop Details
Format: In-person immersive authoring sprint
Cost: Participation is free. Lunch and tea breaks are provided.
Travel and accommodation: Self-funded unless bursary support is arranged through the participant's host institution.