UbuntuNet-Connect 2017

Session

Session 2 - Libraries, Access to Information and Research and Collaboration

2 Nov 2017, 13:30

Hilton Hotel (Addis Ababa | Ethiopia)

60. A Pilot Survey on Institutional Enablers and Barriers Affecting the Evolving Role of Librarians in African Higher Educational Institutions

Dr Pamela Abbott (University of Sheffield Information School)

02/11/2017, 13:30

Stimulating intra-African collaboration

Reviewed Presentation

Background and Motivation ------------------------- African higher education institutions (HEIs), like many in this sector worldwide, are experiencing a confluence of forces that are set to influence the direction taken by these institutions in the foreseeable future. Among these influences are digitalisation, globalisation, platformisation and continuing digital innovations, all affecting...

54. Open Access, Open Science, Open Data: Who will benefit? A user profile

Dr Margareth Gfrerer (Education Strategy Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

02/11/2017, 13:50

How collaboration works

Reviewed Presentation

The scientific community aspires about unlimited and open access to knowledge and information. Just a click and researchers enter the Nirvana of databases, libraries and communication platforms around the globe. Thanks to governments’ efforts in developing as well as in developed countries National Research and Education Networks (NREN) have been established and provide the technological...

30. Without data, science is merely an opinion: the African Open Science Platform project

Mrs Ina Smith (Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf))

02/11/2017, 14:10

Technical support required for intra-African collaboration

Reviewed Presentation

The Science International Accord on Open Data in a Big Data World presents an inclusive vision of the need for and the benefits of Open Data for science internationally, and in particular for Lower and Middle Income Countries. In addition to benefiting from Data from the international community, African countries have much to contribute for all to benefit in making progress towards...

1. NRENs, library consortia and government: Nexus for democratic access to scholarship

Mr Alexander Madanha Rusero (Harare Polytechnic Schoool of Media), Dr Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita (Harare Polytechnic School of Library and Information Sciences)

02/11/2017, 14:30

Stimulating intra-African collaboration

Reviewed Presentation

The propagation of NRENs in Africa is transforming the knowledge infospheres through providing internet connectivity to enhance research collaboration and shareability of research output among researchers irrespective of chronemic and spatial limitations. NRENs serve as special vehicles for facilitating access to scientific research and collaboration for socio-economic development. This ...

28. Research driven Innovation: A collaborative approach for developing countries’ research Uptake

Mr Moses Ismail (Researcher), Ms Zaituni Kaijage (Researcher/Academia)

02/11/2017, 14:50

How collaboration works

Reviewed Presentation

This paper aimed at assessing the impact of the pre-incubation approach to students’ ideas uptake at the University of Dar es Salaam and establishes a framework with which the research uptake can follow suit. The first part of the paper describes the pre-incubation process, achievements and lesson learned. The second part establishes a link between research uptake and the UDICTI pre-incubation...

52. Developments in regional SADC Cyberinfrastructure to support Collaboration,Open Data and Open Science

Dr Tshiamo Motshegwa (University Of Botswana, Computer Science Department)

02/11/2017, 15:10

Technical support required for intra-African collaboration

Reviewed Presentation

\begin{abstract} There is a convergence of data and compute intensive paradigms and a proliferation of research, and projects in these areas and applications. There also is a global trend in developing distributed and federated high performance data cyberinfrastructure and e-infrastructures to support to research, encourage collaborations and to facilitate data sharing for open science. These...