Library consortia sharing expertise: A small meeting tackling important issues in Addis Ababa

Library consortia sharing expertise: A small meeting tackling important issues in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa is used to hosting big and important meetings. The African Union and UNECA are both based here. A...

Reflecting on a year of progress for the VakaYiko consortium

Reflecting on a year of progress for the VakaYiko consortium

As the second VakaYiko Annual Consortium Meeting approaches (it will take place in Ghana from 28-30 July 2015), Consortium Director,...

#inaspPrinciples: Publishers, work with library consortia for a win-win situation

#inaspPrinciples: Publishers, work with library consortia for a win-win situation

Dr Joel Sam spoke at the recent Publishers for Development conference, where he urged publishers to work more closely with...

Training helps embed EIPM into Ghanaian government practices

Training helps embed EIPM into Ghanaian government practices

The VakaYiko Consortium has recently concluded a nine-day evidence-informed policy making (EIPM) training course at the Civil Service Training Centre...

Universities must think about improving all stages of the research cycle

Universities must think about improving all stages of the research cycle

This post was originally published on the ACU’s ‘The world beyond 2015 – Is higher education ready?’  campaign website on 19 November....

Online? Free? Open access? Confusions of a West African researcher

Online? Free? Open access? Confusions of a West African researcher

Last week I spent a great few days in Accra with a group of early career researchers from West Africa,...

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