WACREN Conference 2019

Session

PLENARY SESSION I – Paper Presentations

14 Mar 2019, 11:30

Nkrumah Ballroom (Accra Marriott Hotel)

46. Time Check: Ten Years of IR at the University of Jos

Mr Daniel Igoche (University of Jos), Dr Stephen Akintunde (University of Jos)

14/03/2019, 11:30

Teaching and Learning

Paper

The paper seeks to evaluate the creation and use of Open Access Institutional Repository (IR) at the University of Jos. The repository was launched in June 2019 and was the first Institutional Repository in Nigeria. Using a mix method of Interview, observation, and focus group meetings, the research aims at providing empirical evidence for the acceptability, use and development of IR in the...

41. National Repository to bring Researchers’ Work into Spotlight: The Ethiopian Attempt as an example to Link Universities and Research Centers with the National Repository

Mr Dagim Yoseph Mengesha (Institute of Geophysics, Space Science and Astronomy (IGSSA), Addis Ababa University)

14/03/2019, 11:50

Teaching and Learning

Paper

Sub-Theme: Applications and Services (Cloud Services and Collaboration Tools, Trust and Identity, Cybersecurity)

Abstract:

National Repository to bring Researchers’ Work into Spotlight: The Ethiopian Attempt as an example to Link Universities and Research Centers with the National Repository

The Ethiopian Ministry of Education is introducing institutional repositories at all...

43. The development and implementation of a Reading List Management system as a tool for facilitating educational resource discovery: A case study of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Dr Samuel Kotei Nikoi (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

14/03/2019, 12:10

Teaching and Learning

Paper

Academic libraries are faced with the challenge of continually providing the knowledge resources needed to support teaching, learning, and research in the host institutions. These resources in whatever form they come must be organized, made discoverable and made easily accessible to the consumers in an effective manner while making it possible for the knowledge experts (librarians) and...

48. Survey on Librarians' Capabilities for Open Access Repository Development in the Higher Education Sector: Results from the East and Southern African Regions

Dr Pamela Abbott (Information School | The University of Sheffield)

14/03/2019, 12:30

Teaching and Learning

Paper

Results of the survey of the Ubuntunet Alliance countries as part of the three regional LIBSENSE workshops aimed at capturing a landscape view of librarians’ roles in managing/operating Open Access repositories in Africa.

The results of these surveys and the discussions emerging from the workshops will, together, form the basis for a framework of key policy and capacity building actions and...

52. Sponsors Minute

Nicholas Krul (NEC XON (Silver Sponsor))

14/03/2019, 12:50