Promoting the Open science culture in university libraries of developing countries: case studies of the French-speaking universities of Belgium cooperation programs in the Global South - Brodkom Frédéric

"Given the important documentary needs of students and researchers in the South and the lack of financial resources, the promotion of Open Science is more than an obvious. We will show that, in addition to our activities of purchasing books or materials, basic training or library renovation, we develop, in close partnership with our colleagues, the Open Science culture in six fields: (1) the installation and support of open-source ILS (mainly KOHA and PMB) including the learning of IT teams, (2) the harvesting and promotion of OA resources via our Web Portal including subscription to official resources of international organization, (3) the development of policies to develop local Institutional Repositories for new and archived (printed) publications and thesis (DSpace support, purchase of scanner, ...), (4) the support to the development of university press to reduce/abolish the excessive cost of printed course materials for students, (5) the training and awareness-raising of library trainers for academic social networks, data exchange platforms, community-based researchers' sites, OA use, etc. (6) the promotion of the obligation to depose in our university repositories the scientific papers financed by the ARES-CCD cooperation and co-signed by Belgian researchers and partners of developing countries (academic and doctorate students). Concrete case studies of our 17 years of experience in the South from Haiti to Vietnam will illustrate these actions. Perspectives on future projects will also be discussed, such as a week, jointly with all our partners, of exchange and work in Belgium in 2018 (as already done in 2016) on the topic of the practical implementation of Open Access in their universities."