[EIFLoa] Reminder: Capacity building for OA repository administrators and managers: EIFL-OA–KIT–COAR online workshop

[Iryna Kuchma]

*Capacity building for open access repository administrators and managers

Free EIFL-OA – KIT – COAR online workshop

Wednesday, July 27, 2011*

Duration: 10:00 – 11:00 CET (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time and
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/european-union/central-european-time/
)

Registration is free, but required. RSVP by Monday, July 25, at
iryna.kuchma at eifl.net

What kind of online tools and resources are available for repository
administrators and managers? How can we share knowledge, exchange expertise
and build capacities to launch open access repositories and to ensure their
long-term sustainability? What kind of professional support can open access
repository administrators and managers receive?

 The guest speakers will be:


   - Africa Jumanne Bwamkuu, Information and Communication Technology
   Advisor/Trainer, Information Reseach & Advisory Services, ILS, Royal
   Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, Netherlands


   - Dominic Tate, Repository & Digital Assets Manager, Library Services,
   Royal Holloway, University of London, and United Kingdom Council of Research
   Repositories – the professional organisation for UK open access repository
   administrators and managers


Africa Bwamkuu will present the Institutional Repository Communication
Platform (IRCP: http://www.ir-africa.info/), which is part of an
institutional repository capacity building initiative started in February
2011 by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) and the Association of African
Universities (AAU), and The Toolkit for establishing well-managed
repositories.

Dominic Tate will tell about the United Kingdom Council of Research
Repositories (UKCoRR, http://www.ukcorr.org/) – an independent body for
repository managers, administrators and staff in the UK that promotes
repository management as a recognised and respected profession, provides a
forum for discussion and exchange of experience, represents the views and
concerns of those who work with repositories in organisational, policy and
strategic development – and will talk whether this model is replicable in
other countries.

And Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme manager and a Chair of COAR
(Confederation of Open Access Repositories) Working Group 3: Repository and
Repository Networks Support & Training will present the COAR training
materials on operational issues required to install, implement and deploy
open repositories.

Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences. There will also
be time for questions and answers.

*How to register*
To register your interest in attending the workshop, please email
iryna.kuchma at eifl.net by Monday, July 25 stating your name, email address,
job title, country, and your EIFL role if you have one.

The session is open to anyone to attend but places are limited. If it is
oversubscribed, priority will be given to participants from EIFL partner
countries.

*How you participate*
Once your place is confirmed, you will receive a URL and password for the
session.

All you will need is an internet-connected computer with sound (and maybe
headphones if you are in a busy room).

To check if your computer will be able to access the session successfully,
please go to www.instantpresenter.com/systemtest

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Best wishes,

Iryna Kuchma
EIFL Open Access Programme Manager
iryna.kuchma at eifl.net

Africa Jumanne Bwamkuu
Information and Communication Technology Advisor/Trainer
Information Reseach & Advisory Services, ILS
Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)
A.Bwamkuu at kit.nl
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