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Building communities of practice and strengthening local and national services for open science and research in Africa. Website - libsense.ren.africa Impact Report - pidslink.ren.africa/ark:/50962/bb67…

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LIBSENSE @libsense.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
🇳🇬 LIBSENSE (Nigeria) has opened a Call for Interest for the BookHub Discovery & Distribution Pilot - supporting Nigerian Open Access books through discoverability and capacity building. 👉 apc-minna.bookhub.ng/discovery-pi...
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BookHub Discovery and Distribution Pilot — Call for Interest | BookHub
BookHub Discovery and Distribution Pilot - End-of-Year Call for Interest. Support Nigerian-authored Open Access books to achieve national and global visibility.
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WACREN @wacren.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
#LIBSENSE is proud to join the global 🌍#ScholarlyCommunication community in celebrating International #OpenAccessWeek 🔓2025 (Oct 20–26) 👉 Explore our exciting line-up of activities for the week: libsense.ren.africa/open-access-... @coar-repositories.bsky.social @eifl.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social
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WACREN @wacren.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Join the LIBSENSE–DOAJ Webinar on strengthening #African journals! 22 Oct 2025|10 UTC|Zoom.Participants will: ✨ gain practical editorial & publishing insights ✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility ✨ learn to counter predatory publishing 🔗 lnkd.in/edxZCST4 @libsense.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social
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WACREN @wacren.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
📢 Participez au webinaire @libsense.bsky.social & @doaj.bsky.social 🗓️ Jeudi 30 oct. 2025 | ⏰ 10h00 UTC | 💻 Zoom 👉 Inscription : wacren.zoom.us/webinar/regi... ✅ Renforcez vos pratiques éditoriales ✅ Boostez visibilité & crédibilité des revues africaines ✅ Luttez contre les pratiques prédatrices
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EIFL @eifl.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Learn about #AI tools to support scholarly journal editors at the meeting 17 Sept 10:00 UTC of the Community of Practice (CoP) for no-fee #openaccess publishing in #Africa. Join the CoP register for the meeting – zurl.co/DH9gq @wacren.bsky.social @ajol.info
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LIBSENSE @libsense.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
📢 Participez au webinaire @libsense.bsky.social & @doaj.bsky.social 🗓️ Jeudi 30 oct. 2025 | ⏰ 10h00 UTC | 💻 Zoom 👉 Inscription : wacren.zoom.us/webinar/regi... ✅ Renforcez vos pratiques éditoriales ✅ Boostez visibilité & crédibilité des revues africaines ✅ Luttez contre les pratiques prédatrices
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LIBSENSE @libsense.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Join the LIBSENSE–DOAJ Webinar on strengthening #African journals! Wed. 22 Oct 2025 | 10 UTC| Zoom. Participants will: ✨ gain practical editorial & publishing insights ✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility ✨ learn to counter predatory publishing 🔗 Register now - buff.ly/VMlSLRP
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WACREN @wacren.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🌍 LIBSENSE is expanding its Early Career Researchers (ECR) programme! Are you a researcher, librarian, or scholar in #Africa? Join a vibrant community driving collaboration and advocacy in #openscience, #research visibility and integrity. Apply 👉 libsense.ren.africa/ecr-call-exp.... Deadline-Oct. 31
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ARK Alliance @arks-org.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The ARK Alliance (arks.org) will convert its documentation practices to align with modern form ARKs, the most visible difference being removal of the slash ('/') at the end of "ark:/", a non-breaking change -- two ARKs that differ only in form are equivalent in perpetuity. arks.org/news/2025-07...
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ARK Alliance
ARK Alliance: Global community for open, decentralized ARK identifiers supporting research and scholarship. 8.2 billion ARKs created by 1600+ orgs.
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ARK Alliance @arks-org.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Using ARK identifiers to simplify access to open data at the National Library of France arks.org/news/2025-07...
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Access to open data at the National Library of France using ARK variants
An early adopter of ARKs, the BnF has developed practices for displaying persistent linked open data (LOD) using ARK suffixes for object variants.
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Open Science Fair @osfair.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Registration for #OSFair2025 is open until 31 July! Join the global #OpenScience community at the iconic #CERN Science Gateway in Geneva | 15-17 Sept. -Register: www.opensciencefair.eu/registration... -Programme: www.opensciencefair.eu/2025/programme Photo Credits: @cern.bsky.social
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WACREN @wacren.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Our CSO, Omo Oaiya, highlights #LIBSENSE contribution to shaping open access in Nigeria. Read here => www.linkedin.com/posts/omooai...
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#libsense #openscience #openaccess #researchinfrastructure #fairdata… | Omo Oaiya
📢 Big steps for Open Access in Nigeria! A recent overview of Nigeria’s Open Access landscape—https://lnkd.in/e4tTU3cU highlights the progress from community-led advocacy to foundational infrastructur...
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FORM @forumforopen.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
A powerful reminder that #OpenScience isn't just about infrastructure, it’s about people. Through @libsense.bsky.social, early career researchers across Africa are building communities, shaping policy, and centering equity in research. This is what leadership looks like.
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