Changing research in Mozambique with a shared institutional repository

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"Advice for others starting up a repository? “Just do it!”, says [Aissa Mitha Issak]. “Our first approach in 2006 was to make a formal proposal to university management. This strategy didn’t work, because they needed to see the repository to understand its value”. The potential is now recognised and a committee has even been established to re-evaluate students’ work. Identifying IR champions to help advocate to university management and faculty is also an important factor for success...."

Link:

http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/news/spotlight/2010_09_03_changing-research-in

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Tags:

oa.new oa.repositories oa.africa oa.mozambique oa.consortial oa.south

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 16:31

Date published:

09/03/2010, 23:25