LIBSENSE-Connect II - Workshop on Establishing a National Shared Repository Service

The second LIBSENSE-Connect workshop will explore the requirements and benefits of establishing a national repository service for Nigeria. WACREN proposes a centrally hosted, multi-tenanted repository service, potentially utilising the open-source Invenio-based WEKO3 platform developed in collaboration with Japan’s National Institute of Informatics.

A national repository service can provide significant advantages to participating institutions. The workshop will present these benefits and facilitate discussions on how such a service can elevate Nigerian institutional repositories within the global open science infrastructure as a regional example.

Workshop Objectives

Meeting Institutional Requirements:
The workshop will address the specific needs of institutions considering the transition to a national repository service. Ensuring these needs are met is crucial for participation and success.

Technical and Migration Considerations:
Participants will be invited to outline any technical requirements they foresee in moving their repositories to a national service. The workshop will also cover data and metadata migration from legacy systems, such as upgrading from older versions of DSpace to a modern platform.

Focus on Metadata Interoperability:
A key technical focus will be on metadata interoperability. The workshop will discuss the development of a national metadata profile for Nigeria, reviewing the Common Metadata Schema for Nigerian Repositories recently developed in collaboration with AULNU, and examine it against the modern Rioxx 3 profile, which supports national open-access policy reporting and provides machine-interoperable metadata.

Benefits and Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

• Understand the benefits of a national repository service.
• Identify and articulate their own requirements and concerns.
• Engage in discussions about the service in an open and collaborative environment.
• Gain insights into the technical and practical aspects of migrating to a national repository service.

Target Participants:

Participants will be technical personnel responsible for repositories and related systems supporting scholarly communication in higher education institutions.

Participants for this workshop must:

• be based in an African country
• have a working knowledge of English
• be technically competent to a certain level (determined through information provided in the registration form)
• be able to articulate their institution’s likely requirements for a hosted repository service.

This Workshop is supported by the AfricaConnect3 project (co-funded by the European Commission).

NB. WACREN advocates for gender equality in STEM; therefore, we encourage suitable and qualified women to apply/register to join our initiatives and workshops.

Registration for the Workshop closes on Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Click here to register.