Embracing Openness in African Libraries through open licensing digitisation in Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana/Evaluation & Updates

Embracing Openness in African Libraries through open licensing digitisation in Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana.

• Project Description
• Sponsors/Partners
• Deliverables
• Timelines
• Output/Collections
• Publications
• Training Resources

• Create documentation page on meta and project plan Done.
• Call for experts to develop a rich guide for librarians in Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana on copyright laws, fair use, and public domain; Creative Commons licenses and practical use cases in libraries; a case study of Kenya National Library digitization efforts; and digitization of library collections on Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource Done.
• Develop comprehensive training materials/guides for libraries covering copyright legislation, Creative Commons licenses, public domain concepts, and best practices for digitizing library collections Done.
• Conduct a series of about 9 hybrid training sessions for librarians in Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana in collaboration with their National Association Chapters Done.
• Produce the project report with key insights, recommendations, and guidelines for sustainable open cultural heritage practices Not done.
• Facilitate the pilot digitization of 20 library collections in the Kenya National Library, Ghana, and Nigeria on Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource Done.