Electronic resources training
Training users in maneuvering electronic resources. This training usually involves three key things. Searching for
electronic resources both on and off campus using Demonstrating to users on how to access eResources while off campus
Ensuring that subscriptions to these sources are done on time
Combining the list of Open Access journals
Book Acquisition
Collecting and combining list of books from lecturers for procurement
Ensure that these books are processed on time
Reference Management Tools (Zotero and Mendeley)
Training on the use of Reference Management Tools
(Zotero and Mendeley)
Managing Institutional Repository
Marketing Institutional Repository and training library staff members on how to upload articles
Ensuring that articles are timely and correctly uploaded into the repository
Soliciting for articles from academic staff to be uploaded into the repository
Managing the Library Information Management System (KOHA)
Training staff members on how to effectively used the systems
Assigning rights to staff members in the system
Ensuring right data both for books and patrons are captured in the system
Managing the Institutional Turnitin account
Managing our Institutional Turnitin account that is adding
instructors and training them on how to use Turnitin
Open Access (OA) is a model that makes research available to research information available to readers at no cost. This means that If all institutions were to embrace OA, institutions would be saving the thousand Dollars that they have been paying to publishers for other developmental projects. It is therefore very important we advocate for OA among our researchers
Open scholarship is openness in the scholarly and research environment that is changing how knowledge is created and shared. Examples of these includes Open Access, Open data, open educational resources among others.
Open science is a practice of making scientific research from all fields available for everyone to access for the benefits of scientists and society for equitable sustainable development. It majorly aims at bridging the information gap between developing and developed countries
To fully understand DataCite and its role on the research environment
To understand how DataCite can enable the discovery of research outputs and resources
Understandd the creation of DOI using DataCite
To learn how to deal with diverse audiences during trainings
I expect to get fully get equipped to conduct similar training at my institution