This hands-on workshop, hosted by the Academic Publishing Centre - South-West at the University of Lagos and supported by Datasphir and the BookHub Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC), is the first of a series of workshops that aim to:
- Promote collaborative authoring using the BookHub open-source platform.
- Build capacity in open access (OA) book development across disciplines.
- Expand the national conversation on OA book publishing from FUTMinna Academic Publishing Centre (North-Central) to the Southwest.
- Support the production of peer-reviewed, high-quality, openly licensed academic books authored by Nigerian scholars.
This course covers the FUTMinna Campus Workshop on Open Access (OA) Publishing, aimed at fostering OA awareness and strengthening the Academic Publishing Centre (APC) at FUTMinna. Participants will gain hands-on training on the BookHub platform, engage in discussions about OA policies, and collaborate on advancing open access publishing in Nigerian universities.