JKUAT INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY (IR) SENSITISATION WORKSHOP

JKUAT Library plans to sensitize the JKUAT community on the JKUAT OA policy and IR. The first workshop will be held on 14^th September 2012 and will be targeting Teaching staff and researchers, editors, ICT staff JKUSO representatives, BPS representative, JKUAT IR policy committee, Campus representatives. The second workshop will be targeting JKUAT management and will be combined with a launch of the repository by the Vice Chancellor and is scheduled tentatively for 19^th September 2012. The issues to be covered are

• An introduction to OA institutional repositories initiatives: What they are and their benefits
• A historical background of the JKUAT IR
• An overview of the JKUAT IR Policy
• Copyright issues and IRs
• Implementation experience of other institutions
• Demonstration of the JKUAT IR

The library looks forward to this important milestone