🇳🇬 LIBSENSE (Nigeria) has opened a Call for Interest for the BookHub Discovery & Distribution Pilot - supporting Nigerian Open Access books through discoverability and capacity building. 👉 apc-minna.bookhub.ng/discovery-pi...

#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

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

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

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

🌍 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

Our CSO, Omo Oaiya, highlights #LIBSENSE contribution to shaping open access in Nigeria. Read here => www.linkedin.com/posts/omooai...

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.