Institutional Pepository Advocacy Seminar

16 - 18 March 2009, Accra, Ghana
Agenda

 
Monday 16 March 2009
08:30 – 09:30 Registration
Chairperson of the Session - Representative of the Ministry of Education, Ghana
09:30 –10:30

Opening and Welcome Addresses

  Speech by the AAU Secretary General
Speech of other Partners
Opening Speech of the Ministry of Education Ghana
10:30 - 11:00 Group Photograph and Refreshment
   
11:00 – 11:10 Introduction to DATAD Project - Pascal Hoba:
11:15 - 12:15 Open Access - Background, Process & Advantages) - Helena Asamoah-Hassa
   
12:15 – 12:45 Discussion
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
Chairperson of the Session - AAU Secretary General - to be confirmed
   
14:30 –15:00 Open Access Publishing for Dissemination of African Research - Pascal Hoba
15:00 –15:30 Discussion
15:30 –15:45 Tea Break
15:45 –16:30 Group Work
Dissemination of African Research - What, How Effective
16:30 –17:00 Closing
Tuesday 17 March 2009
Chairperson of the Session - the VC of UCC, Cape Coast - to be confirmed
   
09:00 –09:45 Institutional Repositories (What, Why and How) Peter Hessels
09:45 - 10:15 Discussion
10:15 - 10:45 Tea Break
10:45 - 11:45 Case Studies: National Repository Centre, Ethiopia , Zimbabwe and CAMES (Francophone universities network) (15mn each) & MALICO's National Repository Centre of Malawi
11:45 -12:00 Institutional Repositories in ghana - Status Report - CARLIGH
12:00 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch
Chairperson of the Session - the VC of KNUST , Kumassi - to be confirmed
   
13:45 - 14:30 Organisational Management - Implementation and Policy Issues - Joseph Annan
14:30 - 15:15 Organisational Management - Faculty and Administration Support - Prof A.A Alemna
15:15 - 15:45 Discussion
15:45 - 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 - 17:00 Group Work
Institutional Repositories in Ghana - Implementation, Policy Issues and Support
- What and How?
17:00 Closing
Wednesday 18 March 2009
Chairperson of the Session - the VC of University of Ghana, Accra - to be confirmed
   
09:00 –09:30 Report Back
09:30 –10:30 Institutional Repositories Software and Equipment - old and new, choosing what fits - Abed Corletey and Peter Hessels
10:30 - 11:00 Discussion
11:00 - 11:30 Tea Break
11:30 - 12:30 Populating Institutional Repositories - Copiryght issues - Mrs. V. Bannerman
12:30-13:00 Discussion
13:00 - 14:30 Outcomes/ Recommendations of the Seminar - AAU / CARLIGH/KIT
14:00 End of Seminar Speech (es)
 
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