LIBSENSE
@libsense.bsky.social
Building communities of practice and strengthening local and national services for open science and research in Africa.
Website - http://libsense.ren.africa
Impact Report - https://pidslink.ren.africa/ark:/50962/bb678548hffngs4r
Website - http://libsense.ren.africa
Impact Report - https://pidslink.ren.africa/ark:/50962/bb678548hffngs4r
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#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
👉 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
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#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
👉 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
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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
✨ gain practical editorial & publishing insights
✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility
✨ learn to counter predatory publishing
🔗 lnkd.in/edxZCST4 @libsense.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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
✨ gain practical editorial & publishing insights
✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility
✨ learn to counter predatory publishing
🔗 lnkd.in/edxZCST4 @libsense.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social
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📢 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
🗓️ 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
September 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📢 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
🗓️ 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
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Learn about #AI tools to support scholarly journal editors at the meeting 17 Sept 10:00 UTC of the Community of Practice (CoP) for no-fee #openaccess publishing in #Africa. Join the CoP register for the meeting – zurl.co/DH9gq @wacren.bsky.social @ajol.info
September 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Learn about #AI tools to support scholarly journal editors at the meeting 17 Sept 10:00 UTC of the Community of Practice (CoP) for no-fee #openaccess publishing in #Africa. Join the CoP register for the meeting – zurl.co/DH9gq @wacren.bsky.social @ajol.info
📢 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
🗓️ 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
September 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📢 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
🗓️ 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
Join the LIBSENSE–DOAJ Webinar on strengthening #African journals! Wed. 22 Oct 2025 | 10 UTC| Zoom. Participants will:
✨ gain practical editorial & publishing insights
✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility
✨ learn to counter predatory publishing
🔗 Register now - buff.ly/VMlSLRP
✨ gain practical editorial & publishing insights
✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility
✨ learn to counter predatory publishing
🔗 Register now - buff.ly/VMlSLRP
September 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Join the LIBSENSE–DOAJ Webinar on strengthening #African journals! Wed. 22 Oct 2025 | 10 UTC| Zoom. Participants will:
✨ gain practical editorial & publishing insights
✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility
✨ learn to counter predatory publishing
🔗 Register now - buff.ly/VMlSLRP
✨ gain practical editorial & publishing insights
✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility
✨ learn to counter predatory publishing
🔗 Register now - buff.ly/VMlSLRP
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🌍 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
Apply 👉 libsense.ren.africa/ecr-call-exp.... Deadline-Oct. 31
September 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🌍 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
Apply 👉 libsense.ren.africa/ecr-call-exp.... Deadline-Oct. 31
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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...
ARK Alliance
ARK Alliance: Global community for open, decentralized ARK identifiers supporting research and scholarship. 8.2 billion ARKs created by 1600+ orgs.
arks.org
July 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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...
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Using ARK identifiers to simplify access to open data at the National Library of France arks.org/news/2025-07...
Access to open data at the National Library of France using ARK variants
An early adopter of ARKs, the BnF has developed practices for displaying persistent linked open data (LOD) using ARK suffixes for object variants.
arks.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Using ARK identifiers to simplify access to open data at the National Library of France arks.org/news/2025-07...
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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
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
July 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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
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
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Our CSO, Omo Oaiya, highlights #LIBSENSE contribution to shaping open access in Nigeria. Read here => www.linkedin.com/posts/omooai...
May 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Our CSO, Omo Oaiya, highlights #LIBSENSE contribution to shaping open access in Nigeria. Read here => www.linkedin.com/posts/omooai...
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A powerful reminder that #OpenScience isn't just about infrastructure, it’s about people. Through @libsense.bsky.social, early career researchers across Africa are building communities, shaping policy, and centering equity in research. This is what leadership looks like.
Fwd: "How Early Career Researchers are Advancing an African Approach to Open Science | Katina Magazine"
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/early-career-researchers-african-approach-open-science
#openscience
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/early-career-researchers-african-approach-open-science
#openscience
How Early Career Researchers are Advancing an African Approach to Open Science
A continent-wide initiative is empowering a new generation of African library and information studies researchers to advocate for open science within their institutions and beyond.
katinamagazine.org
May 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A powerful reminder that #OpenScience isn't just about infrastructure, it’s about people. Through @libsense.bsky.social, early career researchers across Africa are building communities, shaping policy, and centering equity in research. This is what leadership looks like.