Welcome to our 2025 Course Catalogue
This year, we are glad to offer a range of courses specifically designed for researchers and professionals in globally inclusive academic environments.
Open Science
AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar Series: A Year in Review
AfricArXiv, a free digital archive for African research, has played a pivotal role in advancing open science on the continent. Established in 2018 and hosted by UbuntuNet Alliance since 2023, the platform is being tailored towards meeting the needs of African researchers, leveraging the Alliance’s extensive network.
Hot off the press: Digital Library Services for Open Scholarship
🗞️🌶️: 🔓 🎓 Find and/or contribute to a curated list of useful resources that can enhance a university library website,
UNESCO consultation to develop a global framework for Diamond Open Access
Please consider participating in the UNESCO consultation and join us for the 2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access in Cape Town: https://doasummit.uct.ac.za/.
Open Science and Scholars at Risk
How can OS help to give harbour to scholars during a crisis?
A session summary from this year’s Open Science Barcamp held in Potsdam, Germany.
Scholarly services incubating environments
How can we foster an environment where scholarly services can thrive with whichever business and taxation model may work best in a given (geographical and institutional) setting?
Open Science workshop in Zambia
We were enormously honored to deliver a workshop on Open Science, Open Data and Open Repositories to librarians at the 2024 Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) Week & Annual General Meeting.
Open Science MOOC Module 1
A gentle reminder from the past about the hashtag#OpenScience Principles My dearly missed friend and colleague, the late Jon Tennant
New tips for academic publishers aim to boost SDG delivery
New advice for the global academic publishing sector has been released that aims to link academics with civil society, businesses and governments, so that innovations can be more widely understood and can contribute to the more effective delivery of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Join the Open Science Barcamp 2024
This year’s Open Science Barcamp will be held on 5 September, on-site in Potsdam, and can also be joined online.