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SUMMARY:ZULC Open Access Capacity Building and Advocacy Workshop for G
 overnment Officials and Librarians in Government Libraries: Towards a 
 national mandate for OA
DESCRIPTION:In line with the 2015 Open Access theme, “Open Collabora
 tion”, the capacity building and advocacy workshop will provide a pl
 atform for fostering partnerships between University libraries in Zimb
 abwe, Government Officials and Librarians in Government Ministries and
  Departments. This open collaboration is meant to strategically positi
 on the ZULC as it advocates for the adoption of a national mandate for
  Open Access as well as furthering the cause of free access to scholar
 ly information. The training is meant to create a greater understandin
 g of Open Access as a pragmatic, effective and efficient means for com
 municating scholarly and scientific research information. It is also i
 ntended to increase awareness and use of open access resources by Gove
 rnment Officials and Librarians in the Civil Service sector and/or tha
 t work in the various government ministries and departments. The parti
 cipants of this activity will be Government officials who are directly
  responsible for libraries as well as the librarians in those Governme
 nt Ministries and Departments. This target group will also enable the 
 ZULC to advocate for the adoption of the OA model by Government.\nThe 
 following activities will characterise the workshop:\n\nAn overview of
  the Open Access Movement.\n\n\nQuestion and Answer Session\nTraining 
 on Open Access resources.\nDistribution of open access promotional mat
 erials\n\n\nAdvocacy for a national mandate for Open Access.\n\n \n\n
 For more information visit http://legacy.openaccessweek.org/events/zul
 c-open-access-capacity-building-and-advocacy-workshop-for
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20170410T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20170410T130000
CATEGORIES:capacity, building, and, advocacy, workshop
LOCATION:Zimbabwe
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CONTACT:+263 303211
ORGANIZER;CN="Abigail Mazhude":http://legacy.openaccessweek.org/profil
 e/AbigailMazhude
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Abigail 
 Mazhude":http://legacy.openaccessweek.org/profile/AbigailMazhude
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