Weekly highlights – 10 July 2015

1. Quotes

“For me, the workshop was a very rewarding experience. I am overall pleased with the participants’ learning and progress in this [training of trainers workshop].”
Maria Kovacs, Lead Trainer on the recent Network of Trainers workshop in Uganda

“The workshop was so wonderful…I enjoyed  the active participation of participants, cooperation among the different groups and the feedback part of it was very fantastic.  Looking forward to applying this in the next trainings.”
Lady Mary Kabapagasa of Mountains of the Moon University, part of the CUUL Consortium, who was one of the participants in the Network of Trainers Uganda workshop

2. Updates

• This week Emily Marlow, a consultant communications specialist, is in Sri Lanka on INASP’s behalf. She is working alongside the country’s National Science Foundation on communication of the Sri Lanka Journals Online platform.
• The Photo of the month for July 2015 was taken at the recent Publishers for Development conference in London.
• A Storify of the Publishers for Development conference has just been published.

3. Upcoming events

• From 27^th-31^st July representatives of library consortia from across Africa will meet together in Ethiopia for the African Regional Meeting. The objective of this meeting, which will include representatives from Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, will be to support our consortium partners as they develop further as organizations with the strength to secure, provide and manage access to e-resources.
• From 28^th-30^th July the VakaYiko consortium will hold its annual meeting at GINKS’ headquarters in Accra, Ghana.
• From 29^th-31^st July we will be organizing a pedagogical skills follow-up workshop for teaching staff at the University Dar es-Salaam Information Studies Programme.

4. Recent publications

• Latin America small grants support sustainable library consortia skills and networks – INASP News, July 9, 2015
  In 2015, INASP has awarded four small grants to representatives of library consortia in Latin American partner countries: Bolivia, Honduras, Cuba and Nicaragua.
• Talk explains importance of research for policy making – INASP News, July 9, 2015
  In a presentation to senior academics at Middlesex University, Clara Richards explained the importance of using research to inform policy, with examples from the INASP-led VakaYiko programme.
• #inaspPrinciples: Publishers, work with library consortia for a win-win situation – Practising Development blog, July 7, 2015
  Dr Joel Sam spoke at the recent Publishers for Development conference, where he urged publishers to work more closely with library consortia. Here, he discusses some of INASP’s Principles for Responsible Engagement in the context of Ghana.
• Tip of the Week #241 – AuthorAID, July 7, 2015
• Conference presentation highlights INASP’s support of climate research – INASP News, July 6, 2015
  Sue Corbett spoke at the “Science and the Road to Transformation: Opportunities in the post-2015 global climate regime” meeting in Paris, France about some of the ways that INASP supports the communication and use of climate change research.
• Some Rewards of Peer Reviewing – AuthorAID, July 4, 2015
• From Principles to Practice: Conference gets library consortia and publishers working together – Practising Development blog, July 2, 2015
  Guest post by Teresa Hanley, Facilitator at the Publishers for Development conference.
• Call for Applications: AuthorAID Small Grants 2015 (Second Set) – AuthorAID, July 2, 2015

5. External coverage

• New project: Fundraising for higher education library projects in Cuba – Education for Change, July 4, 2015
• Authoraid Scientific Manuscript Writing Workshop – Kisii University, July 3, 2015
• Publishers for Development – working with library consortia – Information Today Europe, July 3, 2015
• Debating the principles of responsible publishing – Association of Commonwealth Universities, July 1, 2015
• Publishers and library consortia: working together to support innovation and development – Information Today Europe, July 1, 2015