[IRTalk] Series of SA & African Webinars on Open Access Journal Publishing

[Ina Smith]

*Please help to share widely*
Dear Librarians, Editors, Journal Managers, Researchers, Metadata Editors, Research Officials, and more

During the past week individuals and institutions all over the world have demonstrated many ways of putting “open in action”, during International Open Access Week<http://www.openaccessweek.org/> celebrations worldwide. Support for open access to publicly funded research is growing every day, and it is possible because of the Internet and open source software available, bringing down the operational costs. Through openly sharing quality research output with others, research can have a higher visibility, usage and impact.

We would like to make use of the opportunity to invite all to a series of online (free) webinars, in further sharing ways on how to publish high quality open access scholarly journals. This is an initiative from the Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ)<https://doaj.org/> and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<http://www.assaf.org.za/>, and will cover the following:

Date

Time

Webinar Topic

Presenter

Language

4 November 2016

09:00 UTC + 02:00

Webinar: Criteria for inclusion in DOAJ
How to join<http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/webinar/>

Ina Smith

English



14:00 UTC + 02:00

Webinar: Criteria for inclusion in DOAJ
How to join<http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/webinar/>

Ina Smith

English

11 November 2016

09:00 UTC + 02:00

Webinar: Using OJS to manage & publish your open access journal
How to join<http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/webinar/>

Ina Smith

English



14:00 UTC + 02:00ST

Webinar: Using OJS to manage & publish your open access journal
How to join<http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/webinar/>

Ina Smith

English

18 November 2016

09:00 UTC + 02:00

Criteria for high quality OA journals
How to join<http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/webinar/>

Susan Veldsman

English



14:00 UTC + 02:00

Criteria for high quality OA journals
How to join<http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/webinar/>

Susan Veldsman

English

24 November 2016

13:00 GMT+1

Webinar: Criteria for inclusion in DOAJ
How to join<http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/webinar/>

Kamel Belhamel

French

25 November 2016

09:00 UTC + 02:00

Monitoring and evaluating the impact of your open access journal
How to join<http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/webinar/>

To be confirmed

English



14:00 UTC + 02:00

Monitoring and evaluating the impact of your open access journal
How to join<http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/webinar/>

To be confirmed

English


Please register<https://goo.gl/forms/DITMpGve1xFWYNh03> and indicate the preferred sessions you would like to attend. Once registered, you will receive an email confirmation on how to connect<http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/webinar/> on the day of the webinar. Requirements: stable Internet access, sound (speakers), Chrome<https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95346?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en-GB>/Firefox<https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/> Internet Browser. Please make sure all technology works beforehand, and test all.

Registration form: https://goo.gl/forms/DITMpGve1xFWYNh03 . Guidelines for joining a webinar: http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/webinar/

Looking very much forward to all from Africa joining us for this exciting series in taking Open Access forward on our continent, and making high quality African research output more visible!

Kind regards
Ina (DOAJ southern Africa Region)


Ina Smith
SciELO Planning Manager
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

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