The second ODINAFRICA training courses on development of an electronic repository of marine related publications from Africa (ODINPUBAFRICA) wa
s held at the IODE Project Office, Oostende, Belgium. The course was attended by librarians from ODINAFRICA Marine Information Centres in Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania , Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, and Togo.
It was preceeded by a distance training programme during which the participants were given a series of exercises to familiarize themselves with the software and principles involved in development of repositories and websites.
The following topics were covered:
- From information delivery to information access
- Document repositories and alternatives to electronic journals
- OdinPubAfrica: presentation of goals and tasks
- Evaluation of needs of different partners
- Introduction to uploading documents in repository
- Gaining content: Experiences of University of Southampton
- Copyright issues
- Uploading documents in repository: practice on test server
- Creation of pdf documents (electronic/paper)
- Role of Regional Coordinators
- Promotion and public relations for ODINPUBAFRICA
- Development of repository policy: guidelines and action plans
- Future developments of ODINPUBAFRICA
- LUC: Recoscix and Odinafrica
- Practical session – uploading documents in the repository
• Uploading documents in the repository – individual exercice - Evaluation individual exercises
- Upload of documents in the OdinPubAfrica repository
- Gaining content: Experiences at the University of Southampton in the organization of an e-repository
- Developing a repository policy on the institute level – guidelines
- The copyright issue
- Creation pdf-documents (electronic/paper)
- Repository policy – practical
- Upload of documents in the OdinPubAfrica repository
- Coordinators: Introduction to the management of the e-repository
Mrs Pauline Simpson made a presentation on copyright issues and the experiences of the Southampton Oceanographic Centre in developing an electronic repository. The types of publications to be included in the repository was discussed at length. The two Regional Coordinators (Josette Confait anf Cheikh Sakho) also made presentations.
