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Are you participating in OAWeek 2021? (You can update this later): Yes--definitely!

First name: Richard B.

Last name: Lamptey

Organization/institution name: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Library

Type of institution: Academic Institution

What's your position?: Librarian

What's the level of OA awareness where you are?: Medium

What are your goals for OA Week?: The aimed of the week long program is to enhance the usage of library resources and creating more awareness of the KNUST open access institutional repository (IR), as well as to encourage the university commmunity to help populate the repository by self archiving and depositing their research publications. Currently the rate at which contents are deposited in the repository is very low.

The Open Access Week program will be geared towards realization of the library’s mission; to provide quality information services that will empower the University in carrying out its core mandate: teaching, learning, research and community impact. The program will also promote open access publishing to harness the sharing and dissemination of information and knowledge globally.

How did you hear of the OA Week site?: EIFL, INASP

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Open Access Africa 2011 conference at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana

Dear Colleague,

BioMed Central will be holding the Open Access Africa 2011 free two-day conference at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, 25 – 26 October 2011, and we would like to personally invite you to attend the event.

Now in its second year, the conference will discuss the benefits of open access publishing in an African context, from the perspective of both readers seeking access to information, and researchers seeking…

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Posted on September 16, 2011 at 6:02am

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At 11:26pm on November 25, 2012, Faustina kyerewaa Barfi said…: Let's explore open access resources

At 1:16am on September 6, 2010, Lucy Browse said…: Thanks for your message Richard - your OA week plans are fantastic, and sure to reach many people! Are you going to share information about OA-KNUSTSpace etc via this webspace? I expect others would be very interested to hear more. Please pass on my regards to Helena, it was lovely to have a catch-up back in May.