Delivered with partners @wacren.bsky.social @doabooks.bsky.social @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @openbookcollective.bsky.social

Supporting national coordination and global interoperability for Nigerian OA books.

#EkoKonnect2026 in Abuja brings the community together around Eko-Konnect and REN.ng — an emerging national coordination and visibility initiative, with programme design informed by forthcoming national policy discussions led by the National Universities Commission.
Here’s to an impactful 2026.

#LIBSENSE is proud to join the global 🌍#ScholarlyCommunication community in celebrating International #OpenAccessWeek 🔓2025 (Oct 20–26)
👉 Explore our exciting line-up of activities for the week: libsense.ren.africa/open-access-... @coar-repositories.bsky.social @eifl.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social

Thursday, September 18, 2024. A day we will never forget. Join us in observing a minute of silence in honour of our cherished former CEO. #NeverForgotten @libsense.bsky.social @renater-1.bsky.social

Join the LIBSENSE–DOAJ Webinar on strengthening #African journals! 22 Oct 2025|10 UTC|Zoom.Participants will:
✨ gain practical editorial & publishing insights
✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility
✨ learn to counter predatory publishing
🔗 lnkd.in/edxZCST4 @libsense.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social

📢 Participez au webinaire @libsense.bsky.social & @doaj.bsky.social
🗓️ Jeudi 30 oct. 2025 | ⏰ 10h00 UTC | 💻 Zoom
👉 Inscription : wacren.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
✅ Renforcez vos pratiques éditoriales
✅ Boostez visibilité & crédibilité des revues africaines
✅ Luttez contre les pratiques prédatrices

Great to read the second update from the project 🎉

You can read their first update from earlier in the year too

🔗 openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/update-o...

🌍 LIBSENSE is expanding its Early Career Researchers (ECR) programme! Are you a researcher, librarian, or scholar in #Africa? Join a vibrant community driving collaboration and advocacy in #openscience, #research visibility and integrity.
Apply 👉 libsense.ren.africa/ecr-call-exp.... Deadline-Oct. 31

The ARK Alliance (arks.org) will convert its documentation practices to align with modern form ARKs, the most visible difference being removal of the slash ('/') at the end of "ark:/", a non-breaking change -- two ARKs that differ only in form are equivalent in perpetuity. arks.org/news/2025-07...

Using ARK identifiers to simplify access to open data at the National Library of France arks.org/news/2025-07...

Registration for #OSFair2025 is open until 31 July!

Join the global #OpenScience community at the iconic #CERN Science Gateway in Geneva | 15-17 Sept.

-Register: www.opensciencefair.eu/registration...
-Programme: www.opensciencefair.eu/2025/programme

Photo Credits: @cern.bsky.social

The COAR Power Networking session at #LIBER2025 was especially popular since I was joined by COAR Executive Board member, Nathalie Fargier from HAL and CCDS. Repos are going to be more important than ever in the new world of AI. Join the COAR community in charting our path forward!

Lot's of interesting discussions @COAR2025 in Tokyo. 23 countries represented with several common themes emerging: (1) strong repository-friendly policies for immediate OA; (2) national infrastructure for repositories, PIDs/ARKs, diamondOA, and; (3) research assessment reform - while AI looms large

One of the several international panels sharing about #openaccess #repositories at #COAR2025. Tons of momentum in Canada, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. Now we just need to connect it all together! @investinopen.bsky.social @wacren.bsky.social @openaire.bsky.social @carl-abrc.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to launch LIBSENSE's revitalised online office - a new website! ✨✨💫🌟
🔎 What’s New?
🔹 Open Access Services
🔹 Diamond Open Access Community of Practice
🔹 Policy Observatory for #OpenScience in Africa
Read more on the above here: libsense.ren.africa. #LIBSENSE

This week, we joined @crossref.bsky.social Accra, where our CMO shared our contributions to advancing #openscience through the LIBSENSE programme. He talked about our #repositories, PIDs service and publishing platform - libsense.ren.africa/home. Watch out for the 'PIDs Clinic' 🤗 at #WACREN2025 in 🇸🇳

WACREN is collaborating with COBESS, CAMES and CINERI to hold a LIBSENSE Workshop on the National Roadmap for Open Science in #Senegal. Universities, researchers, librarians, NREN, funders and policymakers will to co-define a pathway to advance #openscience More here - indico.wacren.net/event/244/

This first session at #WACREN2025 will explore how AI and open infrastructure drive innovation in digital education and research across #Africa. Panelists will discuss the integration of #AI in research, teaching and learning, the development of open resource-sharing platforms, and key strategies.

This session will focus on the evolving landscape of threat intelligence and the critical role of ISACs in enhancing cybersecurity resilience. It will explore how NRENs and nCSIRTs in the WACREN region can foster stronger regional cooperation to mitigate cyber threats effectively. 🔐 #WACREN2025