The Workshop will be a Stakeholders event which will include the following:- Librarians, Researchers, Academics, University Administrators and guest University Librarians, with the main aim of:

• Clarifying the need and importance of having an Institutional Repository at Lupane State University
• Creating awareness on the importance of Open Access
• Facilitating the creation of relevant policies and policy guidelines
• Agreeing on the appropriate software platforms to host the repository
• Facilitating suggestions on the best monitoring and evaluation strategies
• Suggesting best ways to create more content at the same time further the awareness of the need and importance of IR
• Getting all the Faculty to participate fully as they are the ones who do most of the research in the University